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MY NAME IS Ashley Morrison enjoys a sunny autumn day at Prairie Sky Park, a change from the windy fall weather in her native Chicago. Morrison says she’s open and honest with her friends and family, but they may still be surprised to learn she smokes cigars and that her favorite singer is Frank Sinatra.

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ASHLEY MORRISON

Mother, marketer, lover of cigars and Sinatra City to city I moved to Colorado from Chicago three years ago and to the Meridian area just over two years ago. I have two sons, Connor, 4, and Jackson, 2. My sister talked me into moving here. She went to the University of Denver, met her husband and had two kids, and she kind of convinced me. I’m glad she did.

Obviously, the biggest difference here is the weather.

It’s sunny all the time, and in Chicago there are six-month winters where it’s freezing.

Chicago gets a bad rap, but it depends on where you go.

I grew up on the north side, then worked and lived downtown for a few years and I love it there, the architecture, being right on the lake, and the food is amazing. No offense, but as far as big cities go I don’t think Denver compares.

Working from home and kicking back I stay at home with the kids but I work online part-time, doing marketing for a local Realtor. When I’m with them

I want to be 100 percent with them, so when I do work, it’s usually at nap time or when they go to bed. I don’t get much rest, but I’m grateful I get to be with them because they’re only young once.

When I can, I just enjoy peace and quiet by myself. A glass of wine, maybe a nice cigar outside on some nights, or listening to music and singing along. I’m an oldies fan, I love Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Elton John and Billy Joel.

I have an old soul, I think was born in the wrong era.

Teach your children well I think acceptance, gratitude and respect are the most important things I try to teach my children. Things would be better if more people were grateful for what they have, even if they don’t have much.

I know it’s so cliche, but I just want to instill love, kindness and caring in them. You don’t see much of that these days.

Tomboy to mom of boys I think it would surprise people to know I was a tomboy and preferred hanging out with my brother over my sister growing up.

I try to be an open book, anyone who knows me knows pretty much everything about me. I just lay it all out there and you can take it or leave it.

The University of Phoenix Lone Tree campus, shown here, is among at least 20 physical campuses across the United States no longer enrolling students for in-person classes. The “teach-out” program, in response to shifting demands in the online education field, will allow students to complete their degrees, according to a university spokesman.

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University of Phoenix to close campuses Officials say students will be unaffected by ‘teach-out’

BY TOM SKELLEY TSKELLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The University of Phoenix is stopping on-campus enrollment and will close approximately 20 campuses across the country as part of a “teach-out” program.

The university has three Colorado locations: one in Lone Tree, one in Westminster and one in Colorado Springs.

A statement from the university addressed the changes.

“As our student base shifts, we continue to adapt and restructure as needed to improve our students’ learning and career outcomes,” the statement read. “We will

continue to service current students at these locations, at other approved university locations or through our online programs, until they graduate. The university will allow students to determine whether they want to complete their education on campus or online.”

It is not known how many students were enrolled for in-person or online classes at any of the campuses, or whether students preferring in-person instruction at any of the specific campuses will be able to attend classes there or would have to go to a different campus. Phone calls to the university were not returned.

In a letter to faculty obtained by the Phoenix Business Journal, university president Peter Cohen said shifting trends in online education precipitated the restructuring.

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at campuses decline due to an increasing number of students opting for online education, both with our university and across new online programs at other universities,” Cohen said.

The university was owned and operated by Phoenix Apollo Education Group Inc. until a consortium of investors purchased the company in February for $1.1 billion.

The university began operating in 1976 and is accredited under the Higher Learning Commission, part of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

The school offers online classes and in-person instruction, focusing on career training for nontraditional students pursuing an education while working.

The university’s website lists 73 campuses and learning centers in the United States.

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From left, Anthony Graziano, Krista Holtzmann, Kevin Leung and Chris Schor, candidates on what moderators called the “Community” side, participate in the first forum at Highlands Ranch High School on Sept. 26.

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Randy Mills, left, Ryan Abresch and Grant Nelson, three members of the Elevate Douglas County slate, speak at the first forum hosted by Highlands Ranch High School on Sept.

26. Debora Scheffel, also a member of Elevate, was traveling for work.

School board candidates tackle issues at forum Seven of eight hopefuls participate in discussion

to listen to seven of the eight Douglas County School Board candidates talk about their stances on issues guiding this year’s election.

Students from the high school’s AP government class moderated the foBY ALEX DEWIND rum, incorporating some questions ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM from the audience. Three of the four members of the Elevate Douglas Dozens of community members County slate — Randy Mills, Ryan gathered in the Highlands Ranch and Grant Nelson — sat High School auditorium on 3:13 Sept.

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on the left side of the stage. Debora Scheffel was absent from the event due to work-related travel.

Their opponents, Anthony Graziano, Krista Holtzmann, Kevin Leung and Chris Schor, occupied the right side. The students moderating the forum referred to these candidates as “Community.”

The audience — a mix of current board members, parents, students, teachers and adults without kids in the district — was engaged in the conversation, often applauding after a side made their point.

The forum was another step toward an election that could play a major role in the future of the district. Reform-minded board members were voted into office in 2009 and have been the majority since then — but after the 2015 election, only by a 4-3 margin. With four seats up for grabs in November, the balance of power could change.

On teacher challenges Candidates were asked questions about teacher retention, new teacher training, a pay-for-performance salary structure and candidates’ personal experience working with children. Some critics say evaluations and salary systems implemented in the 2012-13 school year led to an exodus of quality educators.

An educator for 40 years, Schor emphasized the importance of including kids, teachers and the community in decision-making.

“Academic achievement increases when teachers understand and have great knowledge about what kids are supposed to be learning,” Schor said.

On the topics of teacher turnover and teacher training, candidates on the Elevate side pointed to Scheffel and her background in education, which includes having served on the Colorado State Board of Education for six years and currently serving as the dean of Colorado Christian University’s School of Education.

“She has been a lifelong educator,” Nelson said. “She is an incredible

ABOUT THE ELECTION Eight candidates are running for four seats on the Douglas County School Board. Current board member Meghann Silverthorn is term-limited. Board members James Geddes, Judith Reynolds and Steven Peck are not, but rather chose not to seek four more years on the board.

The winning candidates in the nonpartisan election will receive four-year terms. Ballots will be mailed to voters the week of Oct. 16.

Ballots must be received by Douglas County by 7 p.m. Nov. 7.

Mountain Vista High School, 10585 Mountain Vista Ridge, in Highlands Ranch, will host a candidate forum at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 5. Douglas County Business Alliance members are invited to a school board forum at 7:30 a.m.

Oct. 12 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Avenue, in Parker. asset to our community and team.”

Elevate slate candidates view pay-for-performance — which was recently suspended by the board for a year — as a work in progress. The problem wasn’t the system, Abresch said, but rather how the system was implemented.

“It’s our job to take a look at that process,” he said, “to try to figure out a way to improve it for the teachers.”

At least one of the candidates on the other side views the pay-for-performance system as failing.

“That is not working and that is the reason why teachers are leaving,” Leung said.

On school funding Forum moderators addressed funding issues, including tax measures and school choice vouchers.

“Community” candidates agreed that a mill levy override — used to hire new employees and provide pay raises — and a bond — used for capital needs in schools — are needed.

“The time is now,” Holtzmann SEE FORUM, P18

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Construction crews work to add an eastbound entrance lane into the Park Meadows mall on Sept. 29. The widening project also includes a left turn signal at the northeastern entrance of the mall.

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County Line Road Improvements near Park Meadows Retail Resort

County Line widening continues to November

With a focus on congestion reduction, improved traffic flow and increased safety, road improvements are underway at County Line Road near the north entrance of Park Meadows. Completion of this construction phase is expected in November. More at www.cityoflonetree. com

Extra lanes, lights added to improve access to mall, reduce congestion

BY TOM SKELLEY TSKELLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In preparation for an influx of holiday shoppers, the Park Meadows mall and local government entities are paving the way for improved traffic flow in and out of the shopping center via County Line Road.

The first phase of the project, on schedule to conclude in November, will add a stoplight and a left-turn lane for westbound drivers on County Line to enter Park Meadows. A rightturn lane into the mall is also being added to eastbound side.

At the same time, crews are finishing an additional exit lane at Park Meadows Center Drive and County Line, creating two exit lanes to expedite traffic leaving the mall.

“The impetus for this was twofold,” said John Cotten, director of public works for Lone Tree. “One piece was for the east side to resolve through traffic to Inverness, and two,

to reduce the amount of congestion around Park Meadows shopping center.”

Construction has been limited during peak hours to minimize disruption to the constant flow of cars in and out of the shopping center, which Cotten attributes to the contractor, Concrete Express Inc., going “above and beyond.”

According to Lisa Albers, Lone Tree’s capital projects improvement manager, 42,000 cars used the section of County Line between Chester Street and the Inverness area in 2015.

That number is forecast to increase to 54,000 by 2035.

The project, which Cotten said should total just under $2 million at completion, is a collaboration between the Park Meadows Metropolitan District, the Colorado Department of Transportation, Xcel Energy, the Park Meadows mall, Douglas County and the cities of Lone Tree and Centennial.

Phase two of the project, scheduled for sometime in 2018, will include adding a second left-turn lane into the mall from County Line, and additional traffic lights for better access in and out of the mall via Park Meadows Center Drive, Cotten said.

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In health, and in sickness A marriage evolves as a husband becomes his wife’s caregiver

WHERE TO TURN FOR HELP For more information on support, preventing caregiver burnout and services available to caregivers and their families, contact: • Family Caregiver Alliance: caregiver.org

BY TOM SKELLEY TSKELLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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hris Cummins sits on the floor, cross-legged, facing his wife Cindy in the recliner where she spends most of her day. With her right hand, she strokes her Chihuahua, Porscha, snuggled in her lap. Lining the wall near the chair is a pile of Cindy’s shoes, some with lower leg braces attached, others with duct tape on the soles to prevent her from slipping.

As Cindy leans forward, Chris guides her to the nearby walker, then walks just behind her, his hand resting softly on her back. He stands beside her as she positions herself on the stairlift that takes her upstairs to the bathroom — there’s none on the first level. And he waits just outside the bathroom door until she re-emerges.

Then they repeat the movements in reverse, a choreography synchronized with repetition and time.

Cindy, 61, settles into the recliner and Chris, 64, embraces her feet

• Caregiver Support Services: caregiversupportservices.com

Chris Cummins helps his wife, Cindy, grasp her walker in the couple’s Parker home in May 2017. The couple met in 1980 at an “Orphan’s Easter,” a party Cindy’s sister held for transplants to Denver like Chris who couldn’t be with their families that year. with his hands, gently placing them in a comfortable position on the leg rest. He moves to the couch, always within 10 feet of his wife.

She sighs.

“This wasn’t how we planned to spend our retirement together,” she said.

Since they first met, the couple, now married 36 years, has felt a profound closeness. But Cindy’s 2005 diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, a degenerative neurological condition that progressively robs victims of their motor skills and shortens most victims’ lives, sent them on a journey that altered their relationship — at times for worse but, in the end, for better.

As the illness progressively robbed Cindy of her independence, and Chris took on the role of primary caregiver, they learned to meet in the middle, work out the challenges that could have ended their marriage, and find a way to deeper love.

‘I saw her standing there’ Cindy and Chris met in 1980 at an “Orphans’ Easter,” a gathering of transplants to Colorado spending the holidays away from their families.

Cindy’s sister, Chris’ co-worker at Mountain Bell, hosted. Cindy was sitting on the couch when Chris, carrying a salad, entered the room.

“We looked at each other and we both had a tingle,” Cindy said, her

smile suggesting she can still feel the electric sensation.

“I looked across the room and it was like that Beatles song, how does it go?” Chris says. “I saw her standing there.”

They took a walk around Sloan’s Lake to end their expatriate holiday, and Chris called his parents that night to say he’d found the woman he was going to marry. They had their first date two weeks later at the People’s Fair in downtown Denver and didn’t waste time getting to know each other better.

Cindy, a small-town Nebraska girl, was smitten by a man who introduced new experiences. Chris took her roller skating for the first time.

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CAREGIVING STRATEGIES Though the stresses of providing care for loved ones can be great, here are a few ways to ensure a caregiver doesn’t succumb to the stresses of the role:

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exuded compassion and whose creativity inspired his own.

“She was very creative and talented and giving,” he said. “It’s a very inspirational thing to have someone around like that — it’s like a well you draw from.”

They ate Chinese food, had long conversations and created art together.

Cindy made quilts, an average of 25 a year. Chris played harmonica and wrote short stories.

It didn’t hurt, Cindy added, that they were both hot to trot.

“We were easy,” she said with a devilish grin and a sidelong glance at Chris’ reddening face. “It was a lot of fun.”

Chris asked Cindy to marry him two weeks after their first date, while he was battling a bout of strep throat.

Cindy chalked the cheeky proposal up to a fever and waited almost a year before taking him at his word. They married in 1981 and bought a home in Edgewater.

Two children followed, Courtney, now 30, and Cody, now 25. Chris did accounting and consulting for Mountain Bell and Cindy ran a day care center from her home before working in school cafeterias at Northeast Elementary in Parker, then Chaparral High School in Parker. They moved to a bigger house in Arvada, then Parker.

Life was good.

Then came Cindy’s 2005 diagnosis.

‘Something was really wrong’ The symptoms were dismissed at first. Cindy began having what she calls “zingers,” intense, shooting pains traveling from her hips to her feet. Bouts of vertigo came and went.

Her vision worsened to the point she stopped driving after dark. Her left leg began to drag.

For as long as she could, Cindy kept up her job in the cafeteria at Chaparral High School, working the cash register to avoid the chance of dropping trays of food. At the end of the 2005 school year, realizing she wouldn’t pass the 50-pound lifting test to return to work in the fall, she resigned.

Soon after her resignation, on a visit to Nebraska for her parents’ 50th anniversary, Cindy could barely get out of the car.

“Everybody could tell ...” Chris said as Cindy finished his thought, “... something was really wrong.”

The zingers continued, and bouts of vertigo became severe. Cindy’s eyesight grew even worse. She went to an ophthalmologist at Walmart for glasses, but he told her to talk to her doctor instead.

She did. And after a series of tests, the diagnosis came back as multiple sclerosis. Intially the couple took the news well.

“We were so thrilled that it was MS,” she said.

Cindy’s aunt had died of a brain tumor after experiencing similar symptoms with her vision. The Cumminses were relieved to find out Cindy was cancer-free.

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• Autonomy — Anyone being cared for should be allowed to make as many decisions and perform as many routine activities as they safely can. Being able to dress, feed, bathe or perform other tasks, when possible, allows the individual to retain his or her dignity and decreases stress for the caregiver. It is also important to listen to the person being cared for with respect and honor their decisions as much as possible.

• Consistency — While everyone will have good and bad days, maintaining regular routines and providing reliable care to a loved one will reduce stress for both parties.

• Outside interests — Both caregivers and the loved ones they care for will thrive if they can maintain hobbies and interactions separate from one another. Day centers or other groups may be available for the person being cared for, or they may be able to partake in independent activities. Caregivers will return to their role refreshed if they can leave their duties completely behind temporarily to enjoy a hobby or time alone.

• Flexibility — Adjust expectations and allow room for improvement with providing care, decision-making and interacting with the person being cared for. Power struggles and stress can result when routines are rigid or when the caregiver tries to do everything themselves. Remember that the loved one is worthy of your care, and expect that some tasks won’t be resolved as you would like.

Source: Caregiver Support Services, 2016

MAKING IT WORK Chris and Cindy’s tips for making a caregiving relationship work: • Make time for your own interests and hobbies — don’t stop doing what you love.

• Spend time away from one another. Keep in touch with cell phones.

• Talk to each other. Be honest about your feelings, frustrations and fears.

• Forgive each other, and yourself, for hurt caused during heat of arguments or disagreements.

• Meditate.

Chris Cummins helps his wife, Cindy, with one of her handmade quilts, rousing Cindy’s Chihuahua, Porscha. Cindy’s creativity, apparent in the quilts she’s made for decades, was one of the attributes that attracted Chris, himself a writer and amateur musician, to her.

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• Seek out support groups to share experiences and counseling sessions when needed.

• Remember to enjoy life, not prepare for death.

WATCH OUT FOR CAREGIVER BURNOUT Many caregivers risk being overwhelmed by the many responsibilities and stressors associated with taking care of a loved one.

Following are some of the symptoms indicating that a caregiver is under pressure: • Role fatigue — being an employee, parent, spouse and caregiver all at once takes a toll on an individual’s mental and

emotional health. Remembering that you can only do so much, and remembering to take care of yourself, can help prevent fatigue.

• Economic pressure — paying bills, understanding and managing health insurance paperwork and dealing with potential losses of income can be extremely stressful. Budgeting and being aware of exactly

what health insurance does and doesn’t cover can reduce stress.

• Grief — caregivers may grieve their loved one’s inability to care for themselves, or the functional loss of a family member even while they are still alive. Realize that this is natural and can last for years after the loved one has died.

• Isolation — Caregivers may feel closed in and shut off from the word as they spend increasing amounts of time with a loved one they care for. Reaching out to support groups, family members or friends to confide in can help the caregiver remain socially and emotionally connected.

Source: Caregiver Support Services, 2016

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make time for themselves.

Chris drops Cindy off at the mall in her electric wheelchair, so she can take her time and shop without him rushing her. Meanwhile, he swims at the Parker Recreation Center or works out. They stay in touch with ther cell phones.

Chris still writes, recently self-publishing an autobiography of his mother compiled from her manuscripts. Cindy still quilts, though vertigo and tremors in her arm have kept her from finishing the two quilt tops she started for her granddaughter and nephew more than a year ago.

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whatever it was, we would get over it,” Chris said.

Not long after the diagnosis, Cindy’s family in Nebraska called — her father had fallen and was dying. But Cindy was too ill to make the trip.

“I so resented MS then,” she said. “I couldn’t be there to give my dad a hug when he really needed one.”

“I think I was in denial” before, Chris said. “Then when you realize something’s damaging your spouse’s nerves, you know it’s going to get really nasty.”

‘I felt like a single mom’ Within a few months, Cindy was largely homebound.

Chris took on additional roles: nurse, chauffeur, personal assistant, housekeeper.

As their new reality took shape, being the breadwinner and coming home to his “second job” took a toll on Chris.

But he had made his wedding vows: “in sickness and in health,” and he was going to stand by them.

“I felt like a single mom,” he said. “I would work all day, then when I was done with my job I’d have to shop, clean and do laundry, cook … then you lay your head down and worry that (she’s) going to fall at three in the morning, which happened. You find yourself not sleeping.”

Chris’ patience eroded from a combination of workrelated fatigue and attending to Cindy’s medical needs, not to mention the paperwork, appointments and phone calls that came with them. Cindy’s memory lapses, a symptom of MS, increased to the point where she sometimes couldn’t finish a sentence. Communication became more difficult and everyday conversations more strained. Performing the chores he’d taken over from Cindy, like loading the dishwasher, became fertile ground for arguments.

They both felt cheated out of the golden years they had envisioned.

“You picture buying a Corvette when you retire, not a minivan,” Chris said.

Cindy felt guilty for being a burden as her coordination became worse and Chris took on what had been her household responsibilites, like cooking and laundry. Chris felt guilty when his body language or tone betrayed his frustration and compounded her guilt.

More than once, Cindy considered divorce as the pain and stress of what their lives had become obscured the love and joy they’d always known.

But the love never went away. And the joy, after a time,

Chris and Cindy Cummins share an embrace in the living room where Cindy spends most of her time. Cindy, who has multiple sclerosis, says she feels guilty for burdening her family with her care. Chris says caring for her has brought them closer and is grateful they’ve been married for more than 36 years.

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came back.

‘My manner changed’ A turning point came when Chris retired from CenturyLink in 2015, relieving an enormous amount of stress on both partners. He no longer came home exhausted from work. He had more time to meditate every morning, repeating intentional statements to carry him through the day.

“I will say ‘I am full of love,’ “ he said, extending his arms as wide as they will reach.

“That reminds me I have love to give Cindy ... I relish that I

have a day where I’m needed ...

If things are really bad, I’ll say ‘I am calm, I am strong.’ “ Introspection helped him challenge the “narrative” he once held about devotion — and entitlement.

“There was a voice in my head saying, ‘This is demeaning, I didn’t sign on for this,’” he said. “Did Mother Teresa think anything was demeaning? Once I embraced the concept that I am here to help her, with whatever that is, my manner changed. Now I go to bed and I sleep good.”

A palliative care counseling

session at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in 2016 helped Chris realize taking care of himself was as important as taking care of Cindy. For her, the session affirmed that they’re both in the process of enjoying life, not preparing for death.

In 2006, they began meeting with the Parker Pals, a selfhelp group for victims of MS and their families. Chris still attends regularly, Cindy goes when she can.

They relish the activities they can enjoy together, like cooking dinner, but they both

‘I’ll do whatever I can’ In the last few years, they’ve learned to forgive each other, and themselves, for what they’ve said in the heat of the moment. Pressure builds at times, but they acknowledge it and move on. They’ve learned how to argue and still listen to each other.

They talk openly. About the proper way to load the dishwasher. About their children.

About what will happen when Cindy’s needs exceed Chris’ abilities.

After her diagnosis, her doctor gave Cindy 10 to 15 years to live, but 11 years later, she doesn’t trust that estimate.

“We have to talk about things other people can ignore,” Chris says. “Death is an inevitability.”

They talk about nursing homes. Cindy dreads the thought of living in a room too small for her sewing gear, and fears schedules that may limit when she can see her husband.

“I’ll do whatever I can to keep her here,” Chris said.

They talk about physicianassisted suicide, a viable option in Colorado since the 2016 passage of Proposition 106, the End of Life Options Act. “We have discussed it,” Cindy says. “I don’t know if I’m going to do it.”

For now, those conversations are abstract, and Cindy can enjoy sitting in her recliner with Porscha on her lap. But a recent fall and extended stay in a rehabilitation facility reminds them the inevitable is just that.

So they concentrate on cherishing every moment together, grateful for the 36 years they’ve had, looking forward to the tomorrows to come.

There are worse things than MS, Chris believes.

They could have lost one of their children.

They could have died in a car crash.

They could have fallen out of love.

“If you breeze through life and you go off in different directions, you miss out on the closeness,” Chris said. “We have to be close.”

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In schools, it’s cafeteria food, remixed HOW MUCH FOR LUNCH?

BY JULIE A. TAYLOR SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

The bass line of “Another One Bites the Dust” pumped through Castle View High School as about 450 area students and their families came together for A Taste of DCSD. Everyone knows what an apple a day can do, but Douglas County School District officials believe students achieve more when met with a full salad bar, Noosa Yoghurt topped with granola and street tacos stuffed with cucumber spears and shredded meat.

Sept. 20 was most parents’ best opportunity to experience what their kids eat every day, and attendees enjoyed hefty samplings of 15 different cafeteria foods.

Vendors showcased breakfast bars, desserts and international entrees from their booths, and discerning guests filled out a “passport” booklet to give feedback.

Inara Curts, an 11-yearold at Sky View Academy in Highlands Ranch, came in with low expectations, as her critical palate is limited to only certain foods.

The following are lunch prices for students in the Douglas County School District: • Elementary school: $2.85 • Middle school: $3.10 • High school: $3.25

Douglas County School District Nutrition Services hosted its annual Taste of DCSD on Sept. 20 at Castle View High School, 5254 N Meadows Dr. The purpose is to share with the community what kids in the district are eating.

COURTESY DCSD “She’s a picky eater,” said her mom Treena, the preschool director at World Compass Academy in Castle Rock.

Inara concluded she would eat the SoCool Frozen Yogurt for lunch, but after a stern side-eye from her mom, Inara claimed she would order a stuffed cheeseburger instead.

Lots of others liked the stuffed cheeseburgers, too, as well as Korean BBQ Street Tacos, turkey paninis and Denver-based Froozers, a

frozen smoothie in a tube. “(The event) is a good opportunity to get feedback on a large scale, from multiple ages. People aren’t afraid to let you know how they feel,” said Amy Faricy, manager of menu services for the school district. “I didn’t hear a single negative thing about the food we had out there.”

The purpose of the event is to not only gain perspective on what students like, but to let parents experience the latest cafeteria foods.

“It gets the parents excited, and kids excited to show their parents what they’re eating every day and what they like,” Faricy said.

Douglas County participates in free and reduced meals for those who are financially eligible, and creates meals for about 30,000 students and staff daily, a routine that research shows ties directly into students’ educational performance.

Experts agree that hunger negatively impacts a child’s ability to learn, yet about 1 in 6, or 13 million, U.S. children don’t get enough food at home, according to a recent study by Washington,D.C.based nonprofit Share Our Strength, which has a No Kid Hungry campaign. More than half of the teachers surveyed

responded that they buy food regularly for certain students, and the majority of teachers have seen first-hand how hunger negatively affects a child’s educational performance.

Because of hunger, 46 percent of children from low-income families couldn’t focus during school, and 12 percent couldn’t make it through their nightly homework.

A Taste of DCSD, which started in 2012, has grown substantially over the years — not only in crowd size, but also in vendor inclusion.

DCSD’s Sustainability Coordinator Courtney Kuntz ran a booth where children could plant seeds in a take-home cup, and parents could get a taste of how her department impacts the entire community.

Kuntz said that among their many projects, the three-person sustainability team held a campaign a few years ago among bus drivers, challenging them to keep their idling time under five minutes — the savings rang in at $30,000.

“People might think it’s a small impact, but it’s not when you’re working with the volume we are,” Kuntz said.

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Some things need to be brought home, but violence is never one of them QUIET DESPERATION

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his isn’t going to be one of the funny ones.

According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, “On average, 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States.”

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Hitting someone, slapping someone, beating someone up are things I have never done.

I didn’t get that gobbet of testosterone at the factory.

Once again, I don’t have any answers. I sometimes wonder about my gender, and what is inside that leads to a belief in domination

that exhibits itself in physical abuse.

There is more abuse coming from men than there is coming from women.

“To the moon, Alice.” It’s never, “To the moon, Ralph.”

I know that clobbering someone entertains millions of people — always has, always will.

I never followed what Muhammad Ali did in the ring. Outside the ring, I listened.

What Ronda Rousey does for a living is of no interest to me.

“Punch and Judy” isn’t funny, at least not to me.

My sister and I used to wrestle, and maybe it’s natural to tussle when you are kids or puppies or cubs.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Charters are public schools too The upcoming Douglas County School Board election is about two very different approaches to education. One group of candidates embraces the same tired old system, dominated by the teacher’s union and its rigid compensation and promotion rules, that has failed so many of our students for decades. But the Elevate Douglas County candidates – Randy Mills, Ryan Abresch, Debora Scheffel, and Grant Nelson — believe parents should be allowed to continue choosing the best schools for their kids. About 20 percent of DougCo students now attend our 18 charter schools, which are public schools too and serve the intellectual curiosity and talents of students.

The Elevate candidates will cater to the strengths and talents of each student as an individual, not the groupthink learning that often leaves kids bored and unengaged. Our DougCo test scores are going up in most areas. Some on the other side are terrified of the very idea of competition between charter schools and “traditional” schools. They accuse charters of cherry-picking the best students, stealing per-pupil money from “public schools,” and using for-profit companies to destroy neighborhood schools. But none of this is true. Charter students are

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chosen by lottery, and because so many want to attend it can take a while to get in. Colorado law forbids a school district to grant a charter to a for-profit entity so there is no such thing as a for-profit charter. And how can charter schools “steal” public school money when each charter is itself a public school?

Rather than trying to squash parents’ power to choose the best school for their kids, the anti-charter, pro-union side would do better to find out everything they can about the rich learning experiences charters are offering that are attracting so many students. And maybe they’d learn something themselves.

Denise Denny Parker A vote for students, teachers I am a concerned citizen who has lived in Douglas County for almost two years. My husband and I moved to Douglas County from Arapahoe County. When we sold our home in Arapahoe County, our Realtor advised that the home’s address within the high-achieving Cherry Creek School District would aid in the overall value of the home. We also directly knew the merits as our son received an excellent, well-rounded education from the Cherry Creek schools. That educational framework positioned him for success in college and in his career.

I would hope that the students of Douglas County would have

the same opportunity as the students within the Cherry Creek School District to receive a first-class education. Students and teachers in Douglas County deserve to be supported by a school board that offers smart fiscal management and a culture of respect and trust.

I believe a vote for the Douglas County School Board candidates of Graziano, Holtzmann, Leung and Schor is a vote for the students and teachers of Douglas County.

Mary Bodhane Lone Tree Elect board members who listen Two of my grandchildren are enrolled in Douglas County elementary schools and I am concerned about the upcoming school board elections and the future of public education.

Things that bother me: High teacher turnover, lack of support for classroom teachers, the inability to hire and retain quality teachers when this district used to be one of the best and was supportive of those qualities. The lack of transparency and communication from the board to the community. Eleven schools are on an improvement plan, where there used to be none.

There already are ample school choices. public, charter, private. If we make schools compete against each other, kids SEE LETTERS, P13

But later on, it can turn into something else, especially when macho-macho-man gets whatever it is into his head.

Smacking a woman is about as low as it gets.

There is no better word for a man who strikes a woman than “jerk.”

“One in three women and one in four men have been victims of (some form of) physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime” (NCADV).

Children — and babies — get into the ring with dad, a boyfriend, or a babysitter too.

Sometimes it’s the mother.

People line up to see violence-based dramas,

Trend of lowering the bar is really just a big downer

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The turnout is usually very good and the conversations and time together are always worth the hour.

This past week I overheard a comment being made, and it was the second time in a couple of months that I heard the same comment so it caught my attention. I heard one person say to the woman providing the baked goods and refreshments that she shouldn’t be doing so good of a job at

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baking such delicious food, p because now everyone will W be expected to do the same. t Most people either bring in p bagels, donuts, and other a convenient store-bought refreshments. Now don’t get f me wrong, I always enjoy those too, maybe a little too much. I just found it a little off-putting to discourage someone from reaching higher and delivering more than expected. Especially since it was on her own dime and time that she did the baking.

She was basically asked to lower the bar.

My whole career has been around sales, sales management, leadership and entrepreneurism.

Either in a direct sales role, sales management position, leader, trainer, or coach. So, coming off the heels of the social meeting and speaking with some sales folks last week, I was once again caught off guard by a statement I heard one sales person say to another, “Dude, you have to slow down, you are killing it but you are making SEE NORTON, P13

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the rest of us look bad.” This is a management issue and cultural issue that is being addressed, it just spoke volumes to me about the acceptance of mediocrity.

He too was asked to lower the bar.

We live in a world of incredibly talented and gifted people.

Individuals who are blessed with a tireless work ethic and

have developed skills that bring benefit and joy to many people.

And yet, on the other side, we also live in a world where mediocrity almost seems like an accepted norm. And whenever I observe such behavior or attitudes, especially when there is so much obvious talent and potential, I am reminded of the statement, “Talent without effort breeds mediocrity.”

Are you OK with lowering the bar for yourself ?

The best way to elevate performance is too set goals for ourselves. Set goals that are in

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a whole gaudy panoply, featuring nifty-cool Jawa ionization blasters, wrist rockets and flame projectors.

World history was packed with destructive human behavior long before films (and arcade games). Films now just do a very vivid job of making it spectacularly realistic.

Good vs. evil is one thing. It’s the premise of just about everything.

Whether it’s biblical or your favorite team’s arch-rival, there has to be a protagonist and there has to be an antagonist.

It makes for good theater. It makes for a bad home.

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lose, communities lose. If we make all schools high performing, our kids can go anyplace and it is a win for us all. We are the fifth wealthiest county in the nation, yet our education spending is an embarrassment and we are falling further behind.

What we need to bring back is the culture of respect, trust and support for our teachers so we retain the very best by electing board members who listen to teachers, the public, taxpayers/ community members. We need smart fiscal management. Property values are strongly tied to good schools and the reason many people move to our community.

That is why Graziano, Holtzmann, Leung and Schor, who are supportive of these issues, have my vote, and I hope they have yours.

Edie Hanahan Castle Rock Slate offers steady leadership As a U.S. Army Veteran, I understand the importance of preparing the next generation of Americans to be successful, independent citizens. I also know firsthand about the importance of strong, stable leadership that can focus on the mission: Providing an exceptional education for every student in Douglas County. That’s why I’ll be voting for Randy Mills, Debora Scheffel, Ryan Abresch and Grant Nelson — the Elevate Douglas County slate — in the school board election this November.

Our nation has many pressing problems that the next generation

alignment with what we want to be, who we want to be, and where we want to go in life.

Set goals that are in alignment with our dreams. And then we need to establish mini stretch goals that will help to keep us on track and to continuously raise the bar for ourselves. We need to do this regardless of living in a society or even with some people around us who may like the bar where it is set right now. And as we see, some even prefer to lower the bar.

It’s not just in volunteer work or in a selling career, we see it

Counseling, therapy, protective orders, arrests, imprisonments, but over and over nothing stands in the way if someone has it in for their “intimate partner.”

Sometimes it’s the heat of the moment, but often it’s a pattern of behavior.

There’s a video of former Baltimore Raven Ray Rice dragging his thenfiancee out of an elevator. She’s now his wife.

Alcohol was blamed.

At other times, drugs are blamed.

Good excuses aren’t good reasons.

We’re not alone.

Then-Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan said (2006), “Violence against women and girls is a problem of pandemic proportions.

At least one out of every three women

will have to tackle, and it is our job as neighbors, parents and friends to get them ready to tackle them. It has been a breath of fresh air to hear Mills, Scheffel, Abresch and Nelson focusing on rising above conflict and drama in the district. These candidates are former educators, community leaders and public-school parents of all stripes.

They have consistently shown that they have the poise and dignity to maintain their composure and focus even as their opposition ramps up negativity. That is what steady leadership looks like, and it’s exactly what we need.

The Elevate candidates have spoken in support of enhancing parental choice, expanding vocational education opportunities and working to ensure students finish school with the skills they need to build their own futures and become productive members of our nation. I’ll be proud to cast my vote for them.

Nicholas Inman Sedalia Current direction reduces choice According to the DCSD community survey, most of us think that charter schools add value to our district.

However, over the past few years, Silverthorn, Geddes, Peck and Reynolds (board majority) have allowed a political reform agenda to disrupt this balance. This was evident in the “The Systematic Impact of Charter Schools on the District” study presented last month to the board of education.

The study showed that neighborhood school enrollment is greatly impacted by the proliferation of charter schools in certain areas, like Parker. There SEE LETTERS, P14

in all walks of life. We see it in students, athletes, artists, and professionals at every level.

Some are just brilliant and still work so hard for themselves and for the good of others.

We even see those who may lack the skills or talent but will outwork everyone around them. These are the people who continually raise the bar for themselves and who never accept mediocrity. These people inspire me the most.

So how about you? Is there a bar that needs to be lifted in your own life? Can you help

around the world has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime with the abuser usually someone known to her.”

It cannot help that some world leaders, like our own, resort to bullying.

It cannot help that some world leaders, like our own, threaten violence as a solution to differences.

someone else raise the bar just a little higher so they too can achieve their goals and realize their dreams? I would love to hear all about your own elevated performance stories at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can raise the bar and avoid mediocrity, it really will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton is a resident of Castle Rock, the former president of the Zig Ziglar Corporation, a strategic consultant and a business and personal coach.

There are many things that I wish I could reverse. That I wish I could improve.

This is one.

Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident.

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Schor, Graziano and Leung – don’t let reform politics reduce school choice.

Kimberly McSweeny Castle Rock

hasn’t been any consideration as to whether or not a specific geographic location needs more schools. This results in the local neighborhood school loosing enrollment. Because funding follows the student, the neighborhood school’s budget gets decreased; yet, it still has to maintain the same level of operation for the remaining students…programs get cut, maintenance needs aren’t met, and education quality suffers.

For DCSD’s 2017-18 budget, the second largest budgetary increase was “loss of neighborhood school enrollment” in the amount of $4.54 million dollars.

In a district already in a funding crisis, this makes a big impact. This situation is completely preventable with proper analysis and oversight.

Since 2012, neighborhood school enrollment has decreased by 25 percent, 19 percent in middle schools, due to charters. Over 175 schools have lost more than 100 students to nearby charters, and some greater than 400 students. If this unbalance continues, some neighborhood schools are at risk of being closed. This results in less school choice.

We need a BOE that will support charters where they are needed, while considering the enrollment needs of the entire district. Charters can be a positive addition, but not when haphazardly approved, especially in opposition to Charter Application Review Team recommendations. Vote for Holtzmann,

Time for change I am a retired educator whose two children received a quality education in Bellevue, Nebraska. I am concerned that my granddaughter will be offered less here. The high teacher turnover indicates a problem to me. Quality teachers stay where they are rewarded, respected, and involved in decisionmaking, and I believe teachers are the most important component in a child’s education.

Located in one of the wealthiest counties in the U.S., Douglas County Schools should be held up as examples of excellence. Instead test scores have fallen and too many schools are in the “needs improvement” category. The students and educators have clearly been not given the support from the board of education that they need and deserve.

I believe the students, teachers and parents in Douglas County are ready for board members who believe in transparency, will communicate with the community, and will demonstrate their respect for the taxpayers they serve.

We need sound fiscal management to achieve high goals for students.

Most of all a culture of trust is the foundation for improvement. I will vote for Graziano, Holtzmann, Leung and Schor to bring this back and to lead our schools to new levels of excellence for the public schools of Douglas County.

Lynette Ryder Sedalia

Vote for unity, community After eight years of failing reforms, outside interests continue to try to divide the residents of Douglas County.

Grassroots candidates prevailed in 2015.

This year, outside interests are funding candidates who say they are for “parent choice,” while making the false accusation that the four grassroots candidates do not support charter schools. Eight years of fiscal mismanagement have hurt both neighborhood and charter schools.

Approving charter schools not recommended by the district’s own Charter Application Review Team hurts existing charters. Having more seats than students hurts both existing charters and neighborhood schools. Many charter parents choose to send their kids to neighborhood high schools, all of which are suffering from reforms and lack of funding. For these reasons and more, I encourage all Douglas County voters, including charter families, to support grassroots candidates Graziano, Holtzmann, Leung and Schor. CommUNITY matters.

Darien Sloan Wilson Highlands Ranch Slate understands kids’ needs Teachers have one of the most difficult and important jobs in the world — educating the young minds of those who will shape America’s future. I know this from my family legacy of teaching.

As a young woman in the early 1900s, my grandmother taught kids of all ages in an isolated, one-room schoolhouse in the Nebraska farmland. My mom was an amazing elementary school teacher

in Denver Public Schools, and my engineer dad taught soldiers at Lowry.

I’m sure the teachers in my family were the kind that people remember all their lives: outstanding educators who had a tremendous impact on their students. For me personally, one of those extraordinary teachers taught Latin at Kennedy High in Denver Public Schools. She was on fire about all things Greek and Roman — including art and architecture. Learning about ancient cultures greatly enriched my life. And I know my spelling would be much worse without Latin!

Today it’s pretty much unheard-of for a neighborhood school to teach Latin.

But thankfully for us, Douglas County parents may choose among 18 public charter schools specializing in areas like the classics, science and math, experiential learning, art and drama, computer tech, and other subjects in which students are interested. It often surprises people that charters are public schools that must abide by statemandated tests, just like any school. I’m voting for the Elevate candidates for school board because they recognize students are individuals with different interests that our schools need to serve.

Randy Mills, Ryan Abresch, Debora Scheffel and Grant Nelson all bring to the table honesty, valuable life experiences, and respect for teachers. And as a taxpayer I really appreciate that the current reform board has saved us $21 million in the last two years, and the Elevate Douglas County candidates are also dedicated to fiscal responsibility.

J. B. Wisotski Parker

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Grief support offers comfort for children Starfish Program helps familes cope with death

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

When Vikki Skulborstad and her husband became caretakers for a 5-year-old boy after his mother died of cancer, they could relate to his pain firsthand.

In 2013, the Skulborstads lost their daughter, Carli, who spent her 2 1/2 years of life battling a heart defect.

Grief was a feeling they knew well, so the family believed they’d be prepared to take in the boy, Nathan, during the midst of his own loss.

And although they were prepared, seeing a young child experience the death of a loved one was still trying, Vikki Skulborstad said.

“It’s heartbreaking,” she said, choking up. “We know as adults what it was like to have lost our own daughter.

And we are adults. We are capable of processing our emotions. We are capable of

Karrie Filios, pictured in the back and center, says The Starfish Program is instrumental in helping children express grief following the death of a loved one. Here she is pictured with fellow co-founders and staff with the program.

COURTESY PHOTO understanding what death means. You try to imagine having to go through all of that as a child — it’s devastating. Really, really hard to watch.”

Nathan was angry. He

was confused. He struggled with behavioral problems at school and in getting along with his peers.

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Enter “The Starfish Program,” which the Skulborstads heard about through family and friends.

Karrie Filios, director and co-founder of the program, said the group started 10

years ago to fill a local gap in grief support resources, specifically for children experiencing the death of a loved one.

Most other programs were located closer to Denver, she said.

“It’s hard for our kids in Douglas County,” she said, “to get all the way downtown, especially on a weekday.”

The program runs out of New Hope Presbyterian Church in Castle Rock and serves Douglas County families with children, who often have lost a parent, either elementary or middle school age.

The group began its current season on Oct. 2, which families can late-enroll in for two weeks after, and will start its next season in late January.

Starfish works in two phases. First is the support provided to children. When families arrive, Filios said, kids begin their approximate hourlong meetings with a talking circle. They do introductions, such as sharing their name, age and SEE GRIEF, P19

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‘God is our healer, he heals us’ Faith-based recovery programs tackle substance abuse in metro area

Step Seven Executive Director Thom Straley, left, founder and pastor Tom Roth and program director Brian Laney stand outside of one of Step Steven’s five sober living homes for men in east Parker. “We share Jesus with the addicted,” Straley said.

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David Seller never felt like he fit in with his peers. When he moved to Lakewood from Australia at 7 years old, his classmates made fun of his accent. In high school, his longtime girlfriend suddenly severed their relationship. In college, he went from having a group of friends to having none.

His coping mechanism for life’s problems was alcohol. Then, it was methamphetamine.

After run-ins with the law and a suicide attempt, Sellar hit rock bottom.

So his mom called Teen Challenge — now called 180 Ministries — a faithbased rehab facility for men on South Broadway in Denver.

“In everything we do, there is an undercurrent of Jesus,” said Sellar, now 36 and five years sober. “Ultimately, Jesus will change your heart and life.”

There is no shortage of faith-based recovery programs in the metro Denver area. Like secular recovery programs, they cater to a nationwide problem that is just as prevalent in Colorado — addiction to drugs or alcohol. Heroin-related deaths in Colorado doubled between 2011 and 2015, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment reports. In 2013-14, 7.5 percent of individuals 12 and older in Colorado experienced alcohol dependence or abuse, which is higher than the national rate of 6.5 percent, according to a 2015 study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Research shows that spirituality can

20.1 million — People ages 12 or older who had a substance abuse disorder in the past year.

15.1 million — People ages 12 or older who had an alcohol use disorder in the past year.

7.4 million — People ages 12 or older who had an illicit drug use disorder in the past year.

21 million — People ages 12 or older who needed substance use treatment — about 1 in 13 people.

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help the recovery process. In a study, called “Physicians’ beliefs about faithbased treatments for alcoholism,” published in the U.S. National Library of Medicine, more than 70 percent of a sample of 896 psychiatrists and primary care physicians were likely to consider referring a patient with alcohol addiction to a faith-based program.

More than 80 percent believed that an emphasis on spirituality is critical to the success of a 12-step program, such as Alcoholics Anonymous.

The right steps At faith-based programs, religion leads recovery.

“God is our healer, he heals us,” said Mary Brewer, founder of Mary’s Hope Sober Homes, which has 15 houses across the Denver metro area, and New Beginnings Recovery Center, an inpatient facility in Littleton. “Once you have that faith planted in your heart, it is god that does the work.”

Brewer’s programs accept all walks of life, regardless of religious beliefs.

Modern technology is combined with a Christ-based foundation. New Beginnings clients are evaluated using an EEG machine that examines neu-

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rotransmitters in the brain to determine if there is a chemical imbalance.

Therapy is a combination of group and individual counseling, along with a focus on exercise, music, arts and nutrition.

There is a church service on Sunday mornings. K-Love, a Christian radio station, plays on the speaker in the waiting room.

The model seems to work: New Beginnings’ success rate is 70 percent and Mary’s Hope Sober Homes is 87 percent, Brewer said.

A real estate agent by trade, Brewer said opening her recovery programs 14 years ago was God’s plan. She turned one of her properties into a sober-living home after learning that her employee was struggling with addiction.

“God had different desires and plans for my life than what I was doing,” Brewer said.

Sellar had similar feelings about God’s presence in his life. He didn’t grow up a Christian. He describes his experience at 180 Ministries as a “beautiful mess.” He wanted to leave on the fifth day and cried everyday for the first four months. But through a rigorous year of work projects, chapel and biblically oriented classes, Sellar said he relearned how to live.

“It’s a beautiful mix of discipline and love that goes on there,” said Sellar, who is now studying to become a counselor. “People get refined through the fire.”

180 Ministries works with several churches in the area, including Journey Church in Castle Rock, 9009 Clydesdale Road, which is hosting a fundraiser event at 7 p.m. Oct. 21 to raise money for the program. Tickets can be purchased at 180ministries. net/spark. Right now, the facility can house up to 18 men. Director and pastor Scott Stutzman wants to see that number double and the addition of sober living homes for six to eight men.

The success rate of the program is 87 percent, he said.

“They come in with nothing,” Stutzman said. “They hit rock bottom and are serious about getting their life turned around.”

Finding an identity For some, a faith-based recovery program is the only option left. Aaron Dennis joined Step Seven, a recovery community for men based in Parker, after failed attempts with a different program.

1 in 10 — People ages 12 or older who needed substance use treatment who received that treatment at a specialty facility in the past year.

Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health

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• People who are recovering from an addiction will be at risk for relapse for years.

• Abuse of tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs costs the U.S. more than $740 billion in crime, lost work productivity and health care.

Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse On the verge of losing everything prior to the program, Dennis hit his 30-day sober mark for the first time in 15 years on Sept. 14. He is in a 90-day program at one of Step Seven’s soberliving homes. He attends weekly group meetings and a Sabbath service on Saturdays.

The leadership of the program is what made him want to stay, he said.

“I felt safe,” said Dennis, a Parker resident, “and I saw sincerity.”

Step Steven leaders have dealt with their own addictions. Executive director Thom Straley used substances for 10 years. He needed a place to stay after a stint in jail, so he moved into a Step Seven home in 2011. The choice allowed him to repair his marriage and start working.

“It’s a recovery support group with a whole lot of Bible,” Straley said.

“The 90-day process instills character in men who have a hard time finding their identity.”

Though each faith-based program is different, many people involved share a similar outlook: Faith is what brings clients and faith is what allows them to heal.

“No matter how stupid we were,” Sellar said, “God somehow worked to bring better things into our lives.”

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Daniel Hyde use to be an avid mountain biker, but he now prefers road biking. He logs between 1,500 and 2,000 miles a year and hits the pavement throughout the Denver metro area, he said. His biggest annual venture is a 250-mile, three-day ride that he travels to the East Coast to participate in.

“The big thing is, it’s a low-impact way to stay in good shape,” the 43-year-old Golden man said.

For him, cycling is a way to exercise that presents a low risk of injury. Still, he said, road biking has its drawbacks.

“The first word that comes to mind is scary,” Hyde said.

When on the road, Hyde said he often competes for space with vehicles, and not all drivers are pleased to share the lane with cyclists.

“When I have every right to the roadway as the vehicles does but the driver of the vehicle isn’t aware of that,” he said, “generally speaking, they can become very, very aggressive.”

There may be good news for Hyde, who also works as a bike patrol officer on Golden’s police force, as many Denver metro communities are

FOR MORE INFORMATION Information about cycling around the metro area, including maps of existing bike routes and trails is available at www.bicyclecolorado.org/ looking to provide a clear path for cyclists. For some municipalities, the work began several years ago, and for others, it’s just getting started.

Regardless, officials say adding bike lanes doesn’t just support more modes of transportation. From a public safety perspective, they enhance the ability for motorists and cyclists to share the road safely and more comfortably.

In Castle Rock, on-road bike lanes have become the new standard. When a new road goes in, excluding smaller neighborhood streets, so does a bike lane. The town has also reviewed its existing roadways and added bike lanes where appropriate, transportation planner Tom Reiff said.

The town has more than 33 miles of bike lanes, and with the construction of new roads, that number is expected to rise.

“Every year it goes up,” Reiff said.

“It’s been a trend throughout the country for quite a while now and we

A cyclist rides his bike in a marked bike lane on Sept. 26 on Ford Street in Golden.

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said. “We aren’t able to provide our teachers with competitive wages.

They can cross the line and earn $17,000 more in Cherry Creek or $12,000 more in Littleton, and that’s just not acceptable.”

Elevate candidates pointed out that the community voted down a bond and mill levy override in 2008 and 2011.

“Before we get to the issue of a mill levy being brought to the taxpayers,” Abresch said, “trust is the most important topic that needs to be restored within the community.”

When asked where candidates stand on school choice vouchers, Abresch referred to the history of the district’s choice scholarship, or voucher, program, which has been tied up in the legal system for six years.

The program — which allowed public money to be used for students to attend private schools, including those that are religiously affiliated — was briefly implemented in 2011 before a lawsuit was filed by a local group and a Denver judge halted it. But in 2013, a state appeals court reversed that decision. Then in 2015, the Colorado Supreme Court issued a ruling saying using public funds for religious schooling was illegal. The district filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court later in 2015. The case

was brought back to the state’s top court earlier this year, following a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on a similar case in Missouri.

As a board member, Abresch said he would support continuing the case and getting a decision, which he foresees happening next year.

“Our ruling here, stemming from Douglas County, could affect other states and districts around the country,” he said.

“Community” candidates had a different stance on the topic, which garnered audible support from the crowd.

“I believe in public funds supporting public schools,” Schor said. “I oppose any program that uses public money for private education.”

Reaction Attendees had mixed feelings on the forum.

The forum went well in the eyes of parent Allison Rausch, who supports the Elevate slate. She attended to hear all candidates speak.

“They’ve got to get in there and create stability to get stuff done on all fronts,” Rausch said.

Tom Yondorf, a parent whose kids went through the district, remembers a time when there was no tension in the district, more than nine years ago. He’s looking for candidates who will take a leadership role — which he sees possible in the “Community” side.

“I want to see the community reunited in support of our kids,” Yondorf said.

RTD Public Meeting Changes to Light Rail Seating

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October 11, 2017 History Colorado Center 1200 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203 Colorado Room 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Access-a-Ride drop off on south side of the museum on 12th Ave. Parking is available on street or in the parking garage.

The following communication assistance is available for public meetings: · Language Interpreters · Sign-language Interpreters · Assisted listening devices Please notify RTD of communication assistance, or other accommodation required based on a disability, at least 48 business hours in advance of the meeting by calling 303.299.2370.

Some 2017 Bike to Work Day cyclists in Castle Rock make use of a sidewalk.

Tom Reiff, the Castle Rock transportation planner, said the town has been adding bike lanes as it fixes or creates new roads, in order to support multimodal transportation.

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just wanted to make sure that we account for all user groups.”

Reiff said providing a distinguishable space for cyclists can increase safety on the road.

“It alerts motorists to be on the lookout for cyclists, that they might be on the road, so it heightens their awareness,” he said.

Bryce Matthews, planning manager for the Town of Parker, said the town adopted a new bike lane plan in 2004 to accomplish many of the same goals Castle Rock is working toward.

Mainly, Parker sought to support bike lanes throughout town, he said, and use them to connect key areas.

Often, that meant getting people safely from the trail to the grocery store or to school without forcing cyclists and pedestrians to share the sidewalk.

“We have sidewalks, obviously,” he said, “but the questions was, is there a safe place where bikes can have some space within the road right-ofway where they’re not conflicting with pedestrians.”

In the north metro area, Northglenn began a bike lane pilot project in July, adding the city’s first bike lanes as it builds a new bicycle and pedestrian master plan.

The goal of the bike lane project was to give residents the experience of road biking, senior planner Ashley Kaade said. It tested both separate bike lanes along the community’s Grant Street, and “sharrow” lanes, which encourage drivers to share the road with cyclists. Community feedback will help Northglenn decide how to add bike lanes in the future as well.

The new bike and pedestrian plan comes in light of the town’s changing demographics, Kaade said.

“We do have a good percentage of older adults, like many communities in the Denver metro region,” Kaade said, “but we’re also seeing a lot of young families and turnover in the

SAFETY TIPS FOR MOTORISTS AND BICYCLISTS IN COLORADO In Colorado, motorists and bicyclists have equal rights to use the road, and equal responsibility to follow traffic laws.

Tips for motor vehicles sharing the road with cyclists include: • Allowing no less than 3 feet between the vehicle and the bicycle.

• Waiting until it is safe to pass a cyclist, just like passing another slow-moving vehicle.

If a road is too narrow for cars and bikes to ride safely side-by-side, cyclists can legally ride in or near the center of the lane.

• Look to the right before turning to avoid cutting off a cyclist.

In addition to following traffic laws, cyclists are advised to follow the flow of traffic and ride single file whenever possible. Use hand signals to indicate making a left or right turn, slowing or stopping.

Source: The Colorado Department of Transportation Bicycling Manual, codot.gov. housing stock as well.”

Bike lanes are one way to improve mobility for every demographic, she said.

Golden’s Public Works Director Dan Hartman said officials found some people still aren’t comfortable riding on the street. Providing a bike lane separates cyclists from motorists and offers a degree of comfort to the biker, he said. Although, he cautioned users still need to be responsible on the road.

“They aren’t perfect,” Hartman said of bike lanes. “Drivers and riders still have to be aware of what’s going on around them.”

Hyde agreed, saying bike lanes can offer a false sense of security to cyclists, who “still have to be extremely safe and vigilant.”

But overall, he thinks more bike lanes are a good thing for public safety.

“I think they’re helping quite a bit.

What it does more than anything is it makes it more black and white to the motorists as to where the cyclist is going to be,” he said. “With bike lanes, it’s much more enjoyable.”

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who died, before moving into a grief activity.

“Usually, it’s an art activity, or it could be more of a physical activity,” Filios said.

During that time, kids are encouraged to talk about their loss and are taught language to help them express what they are feeling.

“Younger kids, they know the words like sad and mad, but other feelings like guilt or regret, maybe frustration, feeling worried or anxious or relief, those kinds of things they don’t really know,” Filios said.

“They’re experiencing the grief but they don’t know how to talk about it.”

Following the grief activity, kids are given free time to burn off energy and play.

The second aspect to the program is for parents. While children work in one group, parents are encouraged to attend a group support session facilitated by a program volunteer. There they learn how to cope with their own feelings, if they too were impacted by the death, and how to support children through the process.

Families are required to apply for the program. Filios said this is to ensure they are the appropriate place for a family. The group, although it provides support, does not provide clinical therapy. For that they can refer families to other resources.

The group setting also isn’t ideal for families that very recently experienced a death or a particularly traumatic event, Filiios said. If that’s the case, they recommend oneon-one counseling before seeking group support.

Ultimately, the goal of the program is to help families through the grief process — something the country as a whole struggles to do, Filios said.

“Culturally in the Unites States, we don’t do grief well. We don’t talk about death and dying,” she said.

“Then we don’t talk about the grief and what it does to us physically and mentally.”

Skulborstad said the program has made a growing impact on her family.

Nathan has found a place where he is first taught there are others like him, but also that there are children and adults alike who understand what he’s going through, she said.

Nathan is also faring better at school, which traditionally was an emotional time for him.

For Skulborstad, the adult sessions have been instrumental in helping her heal following her daughter’s death, and she encourages people to give the program a try if they are in need of grief support.

“Being able to visit with the adults at Starfish has helped me with my own grief as well and I’m so very thankful for that,” she said, explaining the program is most effective at helping people open up. “I think that is one of the things that makes Starfish so special, is there isn’t that fear.”

‘Culturally in the Unites States, we don’t do grief well. We don’t talk about death and dying.’

Karrie Filios,

ballot.

Ballots must be received by 7 p.m. on Election Day; a postmark of Nov. 7 is not valid as the received date. An alternative to mailing is to drop off ballots.

Drop-off locations are open 24 hours from Oct. 16 through 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7. A list of drop-off sites is available at www.douglas.co.us/elections/ ballot-drop-off-locations/.

Voting Service and Polling Centers offer additional assistance to voters who need to register, update their registration, replace a ballot, drop off a ballot or vote in person. Hours at these centers are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to

Friday from Oct. 30 to Nov. 6; 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 4; and 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 7.

Polling centers are housed at Douglas County Elections, 125 Stephanie Place, Castle Rock; Highlands Ranch Sheriff ’s Substation, 9250 Zotos Drive; Lone Tree Motor Vehicle, Park Meadows Center, 9350 Heritage Hills Circle; and Parker Town Hall, 20120 E. Mainstreet.

Check DouglasVotes.com, or contact Douglas County Elections with questions. To assist with research for completing your ballot, go to http:// www.douglas.co.us/elections/ballotinformation/.

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With about a month until the Nov. 7 election, Douglas County voters might have questions about the voting process — how to vote, whether they are registered, where to vote and more.

Colorado Elections are administered via mail only. Instead of voting on equipment at a polling place, voters receive ballots in the mail and vote at their convenience. Once completed, ballots may be dropped off at one of .10 locations in Douglas County or sent via mail. Ballots must be received by Nov. 7 to be counted.

To find out if you are registered to vote in Douglas County, go to DouglasVotes.com. Residents may register

to vote, check voter registration status or affiliate with a party. Important dates and deadlines pertaining to the Nov. 7 election also are posted.

At DouglasVotes.com, residents also can check that their mailing address is correct. An incorrect address will mean a delay in getting ballots and other election information. Ballots will be mailed starting Oct. 16 with residents who registered to vote by Sept. 22.

If you do not receive a ballot, first verify your registration information.

If you make updates, allow two to nine business days for ballot delivery. If your information was already up-todate, contact Douglas County elections staff at 303-660-7444 for a replacement

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A St. Vrain Cidery in Longmont was started by three friends, and offers 24 different hard ciders on its taps.

Drink offers a new world of taste variations

BY CLARKE READER CREADER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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olorado is home to nearly 230 breweries, which means practically every kind of beer a person could crave can be found with a little legwork.

But let’s face it — beer isn’t for everyone.

For those with a more diverse palate or just looking to step away from beer for a while, cider might just be the right fit.

“I fell in love with the light and effervescent flavor profile of hard cider,” remembers Ian Capps, head cider maker at Denver’s Stem Ciders.

“I think it can be much more nuanced than typical beer profiles, and I was excited about getting into something new that wasn’t beer.”

Stem is just one of a handful of cidermakers that have popped up in

IF YOU GO WHAT: Lakewood’s Cider Days. The annual autumn festival includes apple pressing, apple cider by the glass or gallon, baking challenge, pie eating contests, and hard cider tastings.

WHERE: Lakewood Heritage Center, 801 S. Yarrow St., Lakewood WHEN: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 7 and 8 COST: Advance adult admission is $6, and $8 the day of. Price for children (ages 3 through 12) is $5. The hard cider-tasting package costs $28 in advance and $30 on the day of, and it includes an open tasting of more than 50 hard ciders, a commemorative tasting glass and admission into all the other events.

MORE INFORMATION: 303-987-7850 or www.Lakewood.org/CiderDays the Denver metro area and beyond.

Aficionados can also sample the Colorado Cider Company and C Squared

CIDERY LOCATIONS Big B’s Hard Ciders 39126 Highway 133, Hotchkiss C Squared Ciders 2875 Blake St., Denver www.csquaredciders.com Colorado Cider Company 2650 W. 2nd Ave., Denver Ice Cave Cider House 174 Washington St., Monument www.facebook.com/theicecaveciderhouse St. Vrain Cidery 350 Terry St., Longmont Stem Ciders 2811 Walnut St., Denver Ciders, both in Denver, head north and stop by Longmont’s St. Vrain Cidery, or head south to Monument to the Ice Cave Cider House, or go to the Western Slope and see where some of the apples are grown at places like Big B’s Hard Ciders in Hotchkiss.

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“We have such a strong craft brew scene in Colorado, that cider was the logical next step,” said Brad Page, who founded the Colorado Cider Company with his wife. “When you add in the M interest in farm-to-table and local foods, it makes sense that so many people would get into this drink.”

When many people hear the term cider, they think along the lines of apple juice. But hard cider, unlike beer, which is made from hops, barley and other ingredients, is more akin to wine.

As Dan Daugherty, cidermaker at St. Vrain Cidery explains it, cider ferments completely dry to zero residual sugar, meaning that to sweeten T it, makers have to either arrest the fermentation before completion or sweeten afterwards. The next step is to stabilize the cider to prevent the yeast from waking back up and consuming the remaining sugars.

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THINGS to DO

THEATER

In the Heights: shows through Sunday, Oct. 8 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton. First musical production of the 2017-18 season. Reserved tickets on sale at the box office or online at www.townhallartscenter.org/in-the-heights.

Mary Poppins Auditions: 4 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 11 at Spotlight Performing Arts Center, 6328 E. County Line Road, Ste. 102, Highlands Ranch. Ages 6-18. Performances in March. Go to www. spotlightperformers.com or call 720-44-DANCE. From the Ballet: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. Opener to the Littleton Symphony Orchestra season.

Call 303-933-6824 or to www. littletonsymphony.org for tickets and information.

this week’s TOP FIVE Colorado Oddities: Strange Things about the Highest State: 6:30-9 p.m. Monday, Oct. 9 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial. Join author and professor Tom Noel “Dr. Colorado,” for a lighthearted overview of our state’s history from Mesa Verde to DIA. You will hear about some of the strangest, people, animals, places, transportation and places to visit. Save your spot at arapahoelibraries.org.

Castle Rock Trail Festival: Saturday, Oct. 7 at Philip Miller Park, 1375 W. Plum Creek Parkway.

Festival combines the liveBIG run and the Ridgeline Trail Race to help participants explore the outdoors. Courses offered for all levels of runners. Following the run, John Adams: A Tribute to John Denver will perform at noon at the Amphitheater.

Zombie Crawl, Pig Roast: noon Saturday, Oct. 7 at the Woodlawn Shopping Center, 1500 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton. Zombies follow a Dixieland band west on Littleton Blvd and through downtown Littleton. Crawl ends with a free pig roast at Reinke Brothers. No charge to participate; only zombie attire. Sponsored by Historic Downtown Littleton Merchants Association. Call 303-795-5006.

ART

Art Stop on the Go: 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 5 at the Roxborough Library, 8357 N. Rampart Range Road, Ste. 200. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art presents a children’s book and leads a literature-based art project. For ages 6-12. Registration is required; contact 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Modern Expressionism Workshop: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7 at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton.

Presented by the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County.

For ages 18 and older, workshop is taught by Colorado artist Lance Green. Registration required; go to http://heritage-guild.com/currentworkshops.html.

This is Colorado Art Show: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, from Oct. 10 to Nov. 2 at Arapahoe Community College Gallery of the Arts, 5000 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County exhibit features two-dimensional works of Colorado artists. Lance Green, Colorado expressionist, is juror; awards presented at the opening

reception from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12. Go to www.heritage-guild. com or contact show director Mary Kay Jacobus at 303-594-4667.

MUSIC/MOVIES

Teen Silent Disco: 7-10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6 at Centennial Center Park, 13050 E. Peakview Ave., Centennial. DJ will spin top 40 hits; wireless headphones will be provided. Food and beverages will be available for purchase from Chick-fil-A. Go to centennialco.gov/events.

Queen City Jazz Band: 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 6 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. Opening concert of the 25th season of the church’s fine arts series. Admission is free.

Backcountry Movie Night: 5-9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11 at Southridge Recreation Center, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road, Highlands Ranch. Drop the kids off with the Backcountry Wilderness Area staff for a pizza dinner, a fun science program, camp games and a movie. For ages 7-13. Oct. 11 movie is “Moana.” The Nov. 3 movie is “E.T.” Go to https://goo.gl/LJSQUb Lannie Garret Performs: 7:30 p.m.

Friday and Saturday, Oct. 13-14

Ghostly Happenings: 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12 at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Presentation by Shaun Boyd, senior archivist, Douglas County Libraries, on reports of paranormal research in Douglas County. She will tell tales of spooky events of the past and how researchers try to record these events today. Jake Jacobs from Colorado Paranormal Investigators will be on hand with paranormal research equipment. Refreshments served at 6:45 p.m. Go to www. castlerockhistoricalsociety.org, or contact the Castle Rock Museum at 303-8143164, museum@ castlerockhistoricalsociety.org. Admission is free.

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi: 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13 at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree.

Original ballet by Ballet Ariel; based on short story in Rudyard Kipling’s “Jungle Book.” Tickets: 720-509-1000 or http:// www.lonetreeartscenter.org/

and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15 (Frank Sinatra tribute) and 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20 and Saturday, Oct. 21 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 22 (great women of song) at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton.

Tickets available at the box office, by calling 303-794-2787 ext. 5, or online at townhallartscenter.org/ lannie-garrett.

EVENTS

Chinese Moon Festival: 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 7 at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Celebrate the harvest and enjoy performances of traditional Chinese arts, including the lion dance by the Great Wall Chinese Academy. For all ages.

Registration required; contact 303791-7323 or DCL.org.

for information.

Harplanders: 2-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7 and Dec. 9 at the Englewood Public Library. Reading Circle and live performances by the Colorado Celtic Harp Society. Go to http:// www.englewoodgov.org/insidecity-hall/city-departments/library.

DIY Drive-in: 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 10 at the Englewood Public Library. Toddlers and preschoolers get to design kid-size cardboard car, then “drive” them to the library’s drive in movie theater to watch “Paw Patrol.” Call 303762-2560.

Fall Festival, Plant Sale: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7 at the Audubon Center at Chatfield, 11280 Waterton Road, Littleton. Go to https://conps.org/mfmeventc alendar/#!event/2017/10/7/fallfestival-and-plant-sale

Special Needs Sports Camp: 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Oct. 10 and Thursday, Oct. 12, at the Recreation Center at Southridge. Presented by the Highlands Ranch Community Association Therapeutic Recreation. Learn the skills necessary to play a variety of sports and learn the rules of games. For ages 8 and older. Contact 303-471-7043 or summer.aden@hrcaonline.org. Go to www.hrcaonline.org/tr.

Open Play: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 7 at the Englewood Public Library. Storytime room is open with toys that will spark the imagination. Call 303-762-2560

Immigration Information Event: 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11 at Smoky Hill Library, 5430 S. Biscay Cir., Centennial. Learn about the steps for lawful permanent

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residents to become U.S. citizens.

Lutheran Family Services will break down the information in an understandable way, including the naturalization process, eligibility requirements and how to access low-cost legal services.

All are welcome to attend.

Traveler’s Guide: 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 11 at the Castle Pines Library, 360 Village Square Lane. Learn travel tips and tricks for your next big adventure from seasoned travelers. Adults. Registration is required at 303-7917323 or DCL.org.

Spy Training Camp: 4-5 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 12, at the Englewood Public Library. Immerse yourself in the world of espionage by participating in fun activities that include interrogation practice, navigating a balloon minefield and creating your spy identity. Call 303-762-2560.

Nonprofit Funding: Friday, Oct. 13 is the deadline to apply for funding in 2018 from the City of Englewood through the council’s Aid to Other Agencies program. Call Christa Graeve at 303-762-2310 with questions.

Applications available at http:// www.englewoodgov.org/home/ showdocument?id=18036.

Lego Maniacs: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 14, at the Englewood Public Library. For schoolaged children. Call 303-762-2560.

Block Party: 3-9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14 in the 3400 block of South Broadway, Englewood. Live music, beer garden, kids’ activities, food vendors, local businesses and more.

Spooktacular Halloween: 2 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 14 at the Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Pianist Nick Busheff and vocalist Nancy Stohlman perform classic Halloween favorites from movies, Broadway, and popular culture. Call 303-795-3961 or go to littletongov.org.

Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. Send listings to calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis.

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Littleton sculptor’s bronzes on display at museum Kim Kaminski has eye on projects that may include painting

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

As one enters the gallery at the Littleton Museum to visit the new exhibit, “Procession of Spirit,” one is welcomed by a distinguished delegation of spiritually oriented dignitaries, bronze figures posed in a semi-circle. Each one has a message for us …

Spend some time getting acquainted.

Walk beyond that group and Kim Kaminski’s figurative sculptures fill the rest of the floor space and some walls with more figurative works.

Thirty-six sculptures in bronze and steel convey this Littleton artist’s fascination with “traditions, rituals and symbolism.” A Christian, she speaks of contact with friends of many faiths and exposure to other ways of interpretation through conversation, travel and study.

The arrangement of sculpture is enhanced by a series of bright strips of fabric at the rear of the gallery that seems to pull the space together in a somewhat festive mode, related to the ceremonial imagery of the art.

Kim Maloney Kaminski was the 2016 Winner of “Best of Show” in Littleton’s “Annual Own an Original” exhibit and therefore, she was awarded the opportunity by the Littleton Fine Arts Board to mount a solo show of her work at the museum in the following year. This would be great news for any artist — but also the beginning of an intense year of hard work to prepare for such an exhibit.

Kaminski sculpts in a spacious studio in the family’s back yard (it was brought up to code and she was licensed, after much communication with the city’s building department, she said). She has her bronze figures cast in Loveland, but does all her own prep work and finishing. She welds the steel pieces in the studio. “I love working with patinas,” she says (on the bronzes). I can still paint with an illustrator’s eye.”

Sculptor Kim Kaminski’s Littleton Studio is the source for her works exhibited in “Procession of Spirit” at the Littleton Museum.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF KIM KAMINSKI

She grew up “in Chicagoland” starting art lessons at 8 years old — “acting, singing, painting” and was soon “researching and figuring things out.”

She studied art at Creighton University (BFA, MFA) and then attended the very traditional Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art in Philadelphia for a second master’s degree.

She’s gearing up again now for future projects — which may eventually include a return to painting, although that will require a different sort of space, since sculpting stirs up dust and dirt. And she plans to apply eventually for the prestigious Koehler fellowship/residency which provides for a foundry, materials and support for sculptors to refine technique and craftsmanship in metals or clay. That would allow her to take some pieces to a large scale, perhaps — a strong wish.

To do that, she’ll have to be certain everyone in the family “is ready.” Her husband, an FBI agent, travels a good

IF YOU GO “PROCESSION OF SPIRIT: SCULPTURE

BY KAMINSKI” is exhibited at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton, through Oct. 22. Open during Museum hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission is free. 303-795-3950. (Next in that gallery: the 2017 Own an Original! The Call for Artists is out on CAFE.org.)

(While at the museum, look at the beautifully designed next-door exhibit on historic preservation.) bit and their daughters, ages 12 and 16, are “self-sufficient,” but as an involved mom, she’s concerned. Her older daughter, “a big outdoor person,” is spending a year in Slovakia on a Rotary scholarship and will return in July. Her 12-year-old, an eighth-grader, is a musician who plays a violin.

Included in her studio work are commissioned pieces as well as new inter-

Sculptor Kim Kaminski of Littleton won Best of Show in the 2016 Littleton Own an Original exhibit and was rewarded with the opportunity for a solo show, which is at the Littleton Museum through Oct. 22. pretations that grow from a focus on “visions, messages and images from my soul,” according to her website.

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Goodbye Trammells We are saddened to learn of the deaths of Vickey and Jim Trammell in recent months. Both were popular faculty members at Arapahoe Community College. They offered naturalist training at Chatfield Arboretum and elsewhere and were longtime Littleton Garden Club members as well as lecturers in the community.

Jazz orchestra The Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra, directed by Art Bouton of Lone Tree, performs “West Coast Jazz” (music by Stan Kenton and Woody Herman, with vocals by Heidi Schmidt) at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 7 at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Tickets: $35/$28/$20. 720-898-7200, arvadacenter. org.

Tesoro lectures Tesoro Cultural Center resumes its free lectures on Colorado and Southwestern history: “The Apache Wars” (book) by Dr. Paul Hutton at 4 p.m. on Oct 28 at Buck Recreation Center, 2004 W. Powers Ave., Littleton; and at 2 p.m. on Oct. 29 at Denver Public Library, 10 W. 14th Ave., Denver. Register at: TesoroCulturalCenter.org, 303-839-1671. Also programmed: dinner/lecture at the Fort restaurant at 6 p.m. Oct. 29 ($68).

‘Dracula’ ballet Colorado Ballet presents “Dracula,” choreographed by Michael Pink, Oct. 6-15 at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House at the Denver Center for Performing Arts, 14th and Champa streets in downtown Denver. Tickets: coloradoballet. org.

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Bring a wagon to haul a pumpkin home from the 1860s farm (pay by size and weight). Enjoy free activities as you visit the farm’s animals. Refreshments.

303-795-3950. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 13, the Pumpkin Festival will be held at Chatfield Farms, 8500 W. Deer Creek Canyon Road, Littleton. Pumpkins from the farm for sale, rides and other activities. $8/$7/$4, free 2 and under.

(Discounted Corn Maze tickets: Maze open through Oct. 29, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. $9-$14, free under 2.)

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Englewood Camera Club The Englewood Camera Club will meet Oct. 10 at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University, Centen-

Parson and Parson In “Counterpoints,” father and son Charles and Colin Parson will open an exhibit at the Museum Outdoor Arts where they respond and react to each other’s work, reflecting on forms found in today’s world. Opening reception: 6 to 9 p.m.

Oct. 14 at the MOA Indoor Gallery, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood (through Dec. 15). Outdoor sculptures will be displayed at Westlands Park, 5701 Quebec St., Greenwood Viillage (through Aug. 9, 2018.).

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‘13 the Musical’ Miscast’s “Killer Kids”: Evan Gibley, Kaden Hinkle, Hannah Katz, Darrow Klein, Hannah Meg Weintraub and Rylee Vogel, plus friends, will perform “13” the Musical by Jason Robert Brown, Dan Ellis and Robert Horn at 2 and 7 p.m. on Oct. 8 at the Wolf Theatre, Denver Jewish Community Center, 350 S. Dahlia St., Denver. Like “Miscast,” it’s a benefit for the Denver Actors Fund, which recently benefited from a performance of “Miscast” at Littleton Town Hall. (It provides aid to members of the local theater community who need help with medical expenses. To date, it has granted $128,617.) Tickets: ticketor.com/13themusicalforthedenver actorsfund.

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Japanese baskets “Against the Grain: Japanese Baskets of Mayumi Tsukuda” opens with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Oct. 6 at Outnumbered Gallery, 5654 S. Prince St., Littleton. The exhibit runs through October. Hours: noon to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Thursdays and Fridays; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays; noon to 4 p.m. Sundays.

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The longstanding group meets at 7 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month and welFor reviews of current comes guests and productions, go to new members. See coloradocommunitymedia. englewoodcameracom/ellingboe.html. club.net.

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Woodcarvers move yearly show to Highlands Ranch Visitors can shop, stroll, watch artisans create new works

IF YOU GO The 43rd Annual Woodcarving Show, Competition and Sale will be held by the Colorado Carvers Club on Oct. 14 (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) and Oct. 15 (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) at the Hilton Garden Inn, 1050 Plaza Drive, Highlands Ranch.

Admission is $5 and children are admitted free. Carved objects, tools, wood and related items will be for sale — mostly by cash or check, although some vendors accept credit cards.

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

For a number of years, the metro-wide Colorado Woodcarvers Club has held its annual show/competition/sale at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, but on Oct. 14-15, 2017, the organization will move into the south area (Hilton Garden Inn in Highlands Ranch, 1050 Plaza Drive), bringing a collection of skilled craftsmen and their projects.

Visitors will see a world of carved creatures and other items that grow out of the imaginations of the club’s many members in the 43rd Annual Woodcarvers Show.

Most items will be for sale and would be a one-of-a-kind gift — or a new addition for the readers’ own collection.

Members will be working on a new project as they sit at the show’s tables, ready to chat with visitors.

We first met veteran carver

Ralph Mueller of Littleton, a Lockheed Martin retiree, will present his work at the Colorado Woodcarvers Club Annual show on Oct. 14-15 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Highlands Ranch.

PHOTOS BY SHARLEE MUELLER

Ralph Mueller of Littleton prior to a show some years ago and are happy to know the Lockheed Martin retiree, now 87, is still happily creating with wood, a knife and other tools. He started in a class at Englewood’s Malley Recreation Center when he retired and enjoys carving all kinds of birds and animals.

The playful river otter is a personal favorite.

In addition to small pieces, he has carved on a dead tree in his back yard, he said.

Mueller enjoyed a 34-year career as an instrumentation engineer at Lockheed Martin. (known as Martin Marietta when he came on board after a stretch in the service and college).

This carver was born in Nebraska — one of eight boys and one girl, who all helped

A red-headed woodpecker, carved and painted by Ralph Mueller, will be available at the Woodcarvers Oct. 14-15 show and sale at the Hilton Garden Inn in Highlands Ranch. on the farm. He attended college in Indiana.

His favorite wood to carve is Nebraska red cedar (his brother brought him a load).

It’s appealing in grain and color, with reddish tones. He usually carves on basswood, but also enjoys working with and finishing pieces in walnut and cherry. He’s happy with a recent carving of a Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep cre-

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There will be a carving competition on both days at 2 p.m. and visitors can see a block of wood come to life under skilled hands — and ask questions. A featured carver will be presented from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. each day.

Perhaps someone else will find an enjoyable new pastime.

The club holds monthly meetings at the Maplewood Grove Grange, 3130 Youngfield St. in Westminster. Next date on the website is Nov. 4. See coloradocarvers.org.

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Family business forged by fire Two generations work the steel in Watkins for Parker shop

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In 2008, when Chris Franklin told his wife, Vivian, he wanted to buy a plasma steel cutter and go into business making custom metal artwork, she didn’t approve.

He bought the enormous, costly device anyway, and showed her his work.

“He had cut a circle, a square and a line,” she says with a smirk. “So I learned how to use it, and it actually was a lot of fun.”

One sleepless night she decided to tinker with the device and cut a clock face with a flatbed engine design, and she was hooked.

“I’m crafty, I like crocheting and doing other crafts and playing piano. I didn’t think I’d like working with metal,” Vivian says. But “I get to be creative and it’s exciting to see the finished product.”

The Franklins, their daughter Cassie, and Cassie’s boyfriend, Doug Hancock, all live and work together at their home and metal shop in Watkins, just south of Denver International Airport, making custom pieces of steel art to sell at their store, Cassteen Ironworks, at 10941 S. Parker Road.

Chris spends this Sunday making deliveries while Vivian cuts outlines of elk, birds and trees into a sixby-four-foot sheet of metal, and Hancock grinds, torches and polishes the pieces she’s prepared for him. Cassie goes between the two to make sure everyone’s on the same page, while her sons, Luke, 10 and Giovanni, 7, play outside.

Finding time to design and

A pile of discarded and extra pieces of steel reveals a tenet at the core of the Franklins’ business. Cassie Franklin calls the discarded pieces “giblets.”

Doug Hancock uses a blowtorch for “bluing” a piece of steel artwork.

The process protects the metal from rust and gives the piece a blueblack finish.

PHOTOS BY TOM SKELLEY finish orders is a challenge.

Vivian and Hancock both work other jobs full time during the week while Cassie and Chris man the store Monday through Saturday.

But they love what they do, even if it took some convincing to get Vivian on board at first.

“She didn’t want to do it, but she did it anyway because she loves me,” Chris says.

“Now she does it because she loves it.”

For more information on Cassteen Ironworks, visit their webpage at metalartcolorado.com.

Vivian Franklin holds a freshlycut piece of steel in her family’s metal shop.

Vivian Franklin, left, pulls a cutout from a sheet of metal being cut as her daughter Cassie and Cassie’s boyfriend Doug Hancock look over specifications for the pieces he’s finishing. The family works together every Sunday in their shop in Watkins, making custom art pieces, window well covers and other furnishings.

Cassie Franklin stands before a display of finished steel artwork in the Cassteen Ironworks store in the shopping plaza at the intersection of Mainstreet and Parker Road.

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One of the biggest misconceptions most cidermakers deal with is a fear that the drink will be too sweet — like boozy apple juice.

“A lot of people who haven’t tasted cider are expecting a super sweet drink, so when I hand them one of our drier ciders, they say, ‘I didn’t know it could taste like this,’ “ said Shawn Larson, head cidermaker at Big B’s. “We’re all cowboys here in America. We add flavors like apricots, cherries or hops into some ciders to see how they change the taste, which is something traditional European cideries wouldn’t.”

There’s a sense of camaraderie in the cider industry, and that has been furthered by the creation of the Rocky Mountain Cider Association.

The group helps facilitate events like Colorado Cider Week in May, the Colorado Cider and Beer Circus in August at Copper Mountain, and this weekend’s Lakewood’s Cider Days, where various cideries can show off their skills and latest creations.

“We have felt incredible support not only from other cideries, locally as well as nationally, but also from the craft beverage industry here in Colorado,” Daugherty added.

For the makers, it’s the infinite possibility of the fruit that keeps the scene exciting.

Open until at least 10 p.m. every night of the week, Denver’s Stem Ciders also features trivia nights, live music, and pie pairings.

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JUICE FOR THE YOUNG The weather in Colorado, particularly in the Western Slope, is prime apple country, as Big B’s can attest to. And that allows for not only top-notch hard cider, but regular versions of the beverage as well.

said Shawn Larson, head cidermaker at Hotchkiss-based Big B’s. “We probably press between 7 and 8 million pounds of apples per year.”

“Our regular apple juice hasn’t changed, and we ship that out all over the state,”

St. Vrain sells Big B’s cider and apple juice for families and children, and Stem also offers apple juice to under-aged customers.

“My favorite thing about cider is the vast array of unique flavors and aromas that can come from fermenting fresh pressed apple juice,” Capps said. “Whether it’s

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Grizzly Brand Hard Cider: Aged in used bourbon barrels, it’s unfiltered and bottle conditioned. Grizzly Brand is a crisp and dry cider, laced with woody vanilla like tones and finishes with the warmth of fine bourbon. ABV 6.9 percent.

More information: www.bigbs.com Colorado Cider Company Grasshop-ah: Aromas of lemon zest and cut grass lead to flavors of light hops and a citrus kick of lemongrass. ABV 6.5 percent.

Uvana: Made with a 50-50 blend of Colorado wine grapes and apples. Delicate fruit flavors, a snappy middle and a dry finish with very few bubbles. ABV 6.9 percent.

More information: www.coloradocider.com St. Vrain Cidery Dry Chokeberry: Melds wild, piquant berry and cherry aromas with a clean, dry, baked-apple-and-tannicberry flavor profile. Finishes with a hint of black tea.

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More information: www.stvraincidery.com Stem Ciders Coffee Apple Cider: Crafted with a blend of coffees from Guatemala, Brazil and Sumatra. Golden copper hues with smoky, roasted, tart apple notes.

Malty with a tannin structure. ABV 6.8 percent.

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SPORTS DELIVERING A VICTORY

So far, focus has remained on the games

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Rock Canyon’s Sofia Sobota, right, watches as her shot clears the net in action versus Heritage. Sobota had nine kills as host Rock Canyon swept the Eagles 25-14, 25-16, 25-14 on Sept. 28.

PAUL DISALVO

BY THE NUMBERS

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Points scored in the second quarter by the Legend football team in a 44-26 win over Boulder on Sept. 28

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Runners left on base, including six in scoring position, in the last four innings for the Ponderosa softball team in a 3-1 loss to Castle View on Sept. 29.

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Tackles for losses for the Ponderosa football team in a 43-0 win over Pueblo Centennial on Sept.

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Hitting percentage for the Castle View volleyball team in a 3-0 victory over Regis Jesuit on Sept.

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Hits in five innings for the Mountain Vista softball team in a 13-0 shutout win over Chaparral on Sept. 29

Standout Performers Nick Neate, Legend

Domanic Sanchez, Douglas County

Jevon Glover, Ponderosa

Sanchez, a sophomore running back, carried the ball 25 times and rushed for 162 yards in a 28-7 loss to Mountain Range on Sept. 28.

The senior rushed for 117 yards and a touchdown on Sept. 29 in a 43-0 triumph over Pueblo Centennial.

Alec DeRose, Rock Canyon

Shae Henley, ThunderRidge

Cassie Davis, Highlands Ranch

The senior rushed for 221 yards on 28 carries and scored a touchdown in a 27-7 win over Castle View on Sept. 29.

Running close to 33 seconds faster than the closest competitor, the sophomore won the Runners Roost Invitational cross country meet on Sept. 26 with a time of 18:00.70.

The Continental League hitting percentage leader had 20 kills and a 55.6 kill percentage as the sophomore helped the sixth-ranked Falcons down top-ranked Castle View, 3-1, in a Sept. 26 match.

The senior scored the winning goal in overtime in a 2-1 Continental League victory over Douglas County on Sept. 28.

Colorado Community Media selects six athletes from area high schools each week as “Standout Performers.” Preference is given to athletes making their debut on the list. To nominate an athlete, contact Jim Benton by noon on Sunday at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com

ike it or not, what goes on in the National Football League usually filters down to the high school level.

Many NFL players have been kneeling during the national anthem to protest OVERTIME police brutality and social injustice. The protests became magnified in response to comments from President Trump.

Much of the social media response to NFL players kneeling has been negative Jim Benton ever since former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick sat and then took a knee during the anthem in 2016 to protest racial discrimination.

So far this fall, the majority of high school athletes in Colorado have stood c v while the anthem is played.

The Colorado High School Activities R A Association doesn’t have any rules w stating that athletes must stand or can’t kneel during the anthem, but a fi t CHSAA official said several players t did kneel last year.

So it is up to schools and teams to b establish standards.

“I’ve only had one school even ask p about it,” said Jim Thyfault, Jefferson County School District athletic director. “There is a state statute that we honor the individual and whatever their voices are. We adhere to those state statutes.”

Derek Chaney, athletic director for the Douglas County School District, says there have not been anthem protests from teams within the district.

“I’m hoping it doesn’t filter down to the high school level,” he said. “We, as a district, haven’t sent anything out o or taken a stand. If the protests start, a O we’ll have to address it.”

At Legacy High School, the subject t of protests has not been brought up, ( said football coach Wayne Voorhees. t ( “I have not even discussed it with t our kids and we played last night g (Sept. 28) and had no one interested in kneeling or anything else,” he said, a adding “I would prefer everyone to stand.”

The protest movement, however, has started to trickle down to some high schools across the nation, according r to news reports.

C Nine girls on the Traip Academy p soccer team in Kittery, Maine, were V inspired by the NFL demonstrations a and knelt during the anthem. They d were then subjected to social media b insults after a newspaper photo was published. ( A principal at Parkway High School E A T SEE BENTON, P29

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THE DEFENSE NEVER RESTS

BENTON Cherry Creek’s Jayle Stacks tries to work his way through the swarming Valor Christian defense Sept.

29. Host Valor won 2614 to stay atop the Class 5A rankings.

PAUL DISALVO

Highlands Ranch • The boys and girls cross country teams won the varsity titles Sept. 26 at the Runners Roost Invitational.

All five scoring runners were among the top 11 boys finishers and the girls had three runners place in the top 10.

• The third-ranked volleyball team has a .317 hitting percentage, led by 6-foot-4 sophomore Cassie Davis who leads Class 5A with a .531 hitting percentage.

• The football team (4-1) opens Mount Lincoln play against Lakewood (5-0) on Oct. 7. The game will feature the Falcons’ rushing attack (212.8 yards a game) against the Tigers’ aerial assault (217.6). Ranch, however, throws for just 69 yards a game while Lakewood averages 165.4 yards rushing.

Mountain Vista • The volleyball team, ranked second in the Oct. 2 CHSAANow.com Class 5A poll behind top-rated Castle View, has been solid in all areas with an average of 19.1 digs, 11.8 kills, 9.6 assists, 2.2 blocks and 2.8 aces per set.

• Vista’s football team (3-2) plays its first Mount Evans league game against Aurora Hinkley on Oct. 5.

The schools have only met

On campus: once before with the Golden Eagles posting a 46-0 win last season.

• In 2011, the soccer team won seven games, which is the fewest in the past nine seasons.

This year’s squad was 3-8 with four games remaining in the regular season, which ends Oct. 19.

Rock Canyon • The Jaguars cross country teams displayed potential Sept. 30 at the Polson Ranch Invitational. Chris Theodore was first, edging teammate Easton Allred, as the boys won the team title.

The girls, paced by Shannon Osboba’s thirdplace finish, was second and only a point out of first place.

• Senior volleyball player Keeley Davis leads the Continental League and Class 5A in kills with 244 and an average of 5.4 per set.

• The football team has

News and notes from local high school sports programs been balanced so far this season averaging 186.8 yards rushing and 174.8 passing and that balance will be needed as the Jaguars face third-ranked and two-time 5A state runnersup Pomona in a Mount Evans game on Oct. 7.

the finish line.

• Junior Dan Leighton scored twice as the soccer team ended a streak of 12 straight losses dating back to last season as the Hawks played to a 2-2 tie with Prospect Ridge Academy on Sept. 28.

ThunderRidge

Valor Christian

• There are 191 juniors and seniors participating in fall sports. Of those student-athletes, 129 have a cumulative grade point average of 3.3 or higher, which qualifies them for the CHSAA All-Academic team.

• Following an 8-1 loss to rival Mountain Vista on Sept. 20, the softball team rebounded with three straight victories in which they collected a total of 36 hits to raise the team batting average to .378.

• Three teams are ranked high in the CHSAANow.com polls released Oct. 2. The football team is No. 1 in the Class 5A rankings and the softball team is top-ranked in the 4A poll. The girls volleyball team is No. 3 in the 4A rankings.

• Three volleyball players lead the Jefferson County 4A hitting percentage statistics.

Anna Davis is first followed

by Lily Thomason and Courtney Lane.

• Coach Rod Sherman’s football team is undefeated and fared well against tough non-league competition. The Eagles have outscored opponents 30-15, and are averaging 401 yards of total offense per game heading into its Mount Lincoln league opener Oct. 6 against Legend.

SkyView Academy • The boys cross country team dominated the varsity race at the Littleton Lions Cross Country Invitational on Sept. 26 with 20 points as four Hawks runners were among the first five to cross

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in Bossier City, Louisiana, has threated loss of playing time and removal from the team for athletes choosing not to stand for the anthem.

The Diocese of Rockville Centre in Long Island, New York, has warned athletes at its three high schools that protests during the “StarSpangled Banner” would not be tolerated and protesters could face serious discipline.

Douglas County football coach Gene Hill said the issue can be used as a “teachable moment.”

“As a football program we are not against our athletes protesting,” he said. “We do believe there is a time and place for protest but it is not during the national anthem.

The expectation is that our athletes will stand for the national anthem.

“We also have discussed what is going on with our players to help them through this challenging time. It is easy to see professional athletes protesting and then wanting to copy them without understanding why they are protesting. This is a great time to use this as a teachable moment and to understand what is going on in our society and why professional athletes are protesting.”

5A football changes needed Mike Krueger, chairman of the CHSAA football committee, is welcoming feedback when it comes to 5A football.

Krueger, the district athletic director for Aurora Public Schools, sent out requests asking for input as the current two-year cycle of scheduling ends and the CHSAA committee is seeking responses to help with recommendations for the 2018-20 cycle.

I have yet to talk with anybody who is an enthusiastic supporter of the current “waterfall” 5A alignments, which have taken away some neighborhood rivalry games and replaced them with contests pitting schools often located several cities apart.

Coaches and administrators won’t flood the internet or line up with protests, but I expect they will let their feelings be known.

Changes need to be made to make league games more attractive — and that could boost the sagging attendance that was evident last season.

Jim Benton is a sports writer for Colorado Community Media. He has been covering sports in the Denver area since 1968. He can be reached at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com or at 303-566-4083.

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‘I do love a good ghost story’

BY TOM SKELLEY TSKELLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

October is the time for eerie ambience and spooky tales, and Douglas County Libraries archivist Shaun Boyd is looking forward to the opportunity to telling ghost stories to give county residents a few goosebumps and a lesson or two about local history.

“It’s like a spoonful of sugar,” she said. “It’s the fun hook to get people connected to their community through folklore.”

Boyd’s been immersing herself in the county’s old newspapers, records and maps for eight years. She combined her research and interviews with community members and occupants of historic buildings to put together five presentations about haunted locations throughout the county this October.

She hopes the events are as interactive as the discussion that inspired the idea.

“I want people to bring their own stories,” she said.

Each event includes six tales of supernatural happenings in county buildings like the Old Stone Church in Castle Rock, the McIntyre Cabin near Parker and the Highlands Ranch Mansion. Creepy occurrences range from homicidal families in the 1860s to ghastly occurrences in the past few years.

“I’ve been collecting these stories since I started working here,” she said.

“I do love a good ghost story.”

People often come into the Philip S. Miller library in Castle Rock to learn about the history of their homes and neighborhoods. Boyd said weaving together common tales of long-dead residents checking up on their successors was a natural, or supernatural,

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At the Philip S. Miller branch in Castle Rock from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 12.

At the Philip S. Miller branch in Castle Rock from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 17.

At the Louviers branch from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 24.

At the Castle Pines branch from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 29. way to extend that curiosity to residents’ shared history.

As for herself, Boyd is skeptical about the existence of ghosts, even though her grandmother’s house was said to be haunted by the spirit of a sailor killed in World War II. Her siblings said they saw apparitions, and the late man’s family even contacted Boyd’s grandmother to say they had reached him via Ouija board.

Then there was the time she, as a toddler, was napping in her grandmother’s bedroom.

“She came in to check on me… apparently I was standing straight up in my crib, pointing at the closet saying ‘Man! Man!’” Boyd said. “Apparently I was playing peek-a-boo with the ghost.”

Since the house was in Iowa, it’s unlikely to be part of Boyd’s discussions. Nevertheless, she hopes the stories she’s collected will give locals the chance to have fun and learn about the past they share with each other, and their predecessors.

The presentations may not be for the faint of heart, but Boyd said they are probably appropriate for most age groups. Probably.

“There is still the story of the little girl with the ax in her head,” she said.

Spooky fun planned at South Suburban STAFF REPORT

Learn more:

IF YOU GO At the Parker DCL branch at 6 p.m. on Oct. 10

Play a spooky round of mini golf, take a bone-chilling hayride, play zombie laser tag, listen to hair-raising ghost stories and more at events offered by South Suburban Parks and Recreation.

Hole-O-Ween All 36 holes at Colorado Journey Miniature Golf is decked out with glow ball lighting and smoky (family-friendly) décor. Enjoy a round through Oct. 31.

Regular admission rates apply, and the course closes at 6 p.m. Halloween night.

Spooktacular The district’s annual safe trick-ottreat family event is Oct. 13 at the Goodson Recreation Center. This year’s event features a little monster’s mansion, a haunted house, a cookie walk, arts and crafts, face painting, trick-ortreating and carnival games. For ages 12 and younger, and all children must be accompanied by an adult. Hours of the event are 5:30-8 p.m.

Zombie Fest Enjoy zombie hunt laser tag challenge, the eXerGame Zone, inflatable obstacle course, bumper cars, climbing

wall, and more from noon to 3 p.m. Oct. 21 at Family Sports Center. Suitable for ages 6-13.

Hoofin’ It Through the Hollows Enjoy a family- and dog-friendly 5K run/walk along the High Line Canal Trail at deKoevend Park. Dress in your Halloween best for a chance to win various costume contest, then stay after for a s’mores campfire. Event begins at 5:45 p.m. Oct. 21.

Haunted Hay Rides Hear spooky tales while rumbling down a trail inhabited by pirates. Food concessions and a petting zoo available inside the barn before or after rides.

Rides start every half-hour from 6-8:30 p.m. Oct. 27-28 at Stockton Stables. Suitable for all ages; 16 and younger must be accompanied by an adult.

Spooky Stories Campfire Gather close to the fire and enjoy refreshments as a storyteller weaves spooky tales for Halloween. Event runs from 7-8:30 p.m. Oct. 28 at South Platte Park. Refreshments included. Weather will determine whether group meets in the forest or inside the nature center.

Best for ages 8 and older.

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Dachtoberfest goes out with a dash

D

achshund lovers bid a fun-filled farewell to a beloved tradition at the 10th and final Colorado Dachtoberfest at Cornerstone Park in Littleton on Sept. 30.

The annual event, known for its “Doxie Dash” races, wrapped up for good this year after organizer Mary Alice Allery decided to go out on a high note.

“We started this off as a fundraiser,” Allery said. “It developed into a festival, and continued to grow. When you grow, you need time money and people. We’re at the max of what we can do.”

The event raised about $6,000 a year to help cover vet costs for a variety of Front Range dog rescues.

PHOTOS BY DAVID GILBERT

Matty, a dachshund mix belonging to Denae Andrews, delivers the goods in the SIlliest Costume Contest.

Weston Mendoza, 7, holds his dog Sammy.

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HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Send volunteer opportunities to hharden@ coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Dated Opportunities Front Range BEST Hosts free robotics competition for middle and high school students.

Needs: Notebook, marketing presentation, and robot compliance judges for Oct. 14 competition at Englewood High School; from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Also, exhibit, spirit and sportsmanship judges, referees, scorekeepers, staging and robot compliance judges for Oct. 21 competition at Englewood High School; from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Requirements: Training provided for all positions.

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Ongoing Opportunities 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office Domestic Violence Program Provides information and support to crime victims Need: Victim Adocates interact with and support victims of domestic violence. They also provide resource referrals and explain processes to victims.

Requirements: 20 hours of training required; volunteers must commit to one morning a week at the Justice Center in Castle Rock.

Contact: Mel Secrease, 720-733-4552 or msecrease@da.18.state.co.us.

AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Offers free tax filing help to anyone, especially those 50 and older, who cannot afford a tax preparation service.

Need: Volunteers to to help older, lower-income taxpayers prepare their tax returns.

Requirement: All levels of experience are welcome; training and support provided.

Contact: 1-888-OUR-AARP (687-2277) or www. aarpfoundation.org/taxaide

for boys and girls age 15-18 from a variety of coutries.

Contact: Cathy Hintz, 406-488-8325 or 800733-2773

Alzheimer’s Association, Colorado Chapter Provides care and support to 67,000-plus families dealing with all kinds of dementing illnesses.

Need: Walk to End Alzheimer’s committee members.

Requirements: Individuals who love to help plan and execute. Our Walk to End Alzheimer’s attracts more than 10,000 people, so planning committee members are essential.

Contact: Deb Wells, 303-813-1669 or dwells@ alz.org.

Audubon Society of Greater Denver Provides engaging and educational birding and wildlife programs at the Audubon Nature Center at Chatfield State Park and throughout the Denver metro area.

Need: Volunteers lead birding field trips and assist with nature programs, office projects, fundraising and community events.

Location: Chatfield State Park and offsite locations around Denver.

Age requirement: 18 years or older for yearround volunteers; 13-17 for summer camp programs.

Contact: Kate Hogan at communityoutreach@ denveraudubon.org or 303-973-9530.

Angel Heart Project Delivers meals to men, women and children with life-threatening illnesses Need: Volunteers willing to deliver meals to clients in the South Denver area.

Requirements: Attend an orientation and submit to a background check before volunteering. Training provided to all new drivers.

Deliveries start at 1 p.m. and last until 3 p.m.

Contact: 303-830-0202 or volunteer@projectangelheart.org.

Animal Rescue of the Rockies Provides foster care for death-row shelter dogs and cats throughout Colorado Need: Foster families for animals on lists to be euthanized Contact: www.animalrescueoftherockies.org.

ASSE International Student Exchange Program Organizes student exchange programs Need: Local host families to provide homes

AYUSA: International Youth Exchange Program Promotes quality exchange programs for high school students from around the world.

Need: Host families for international high school students ages 15-18 studying in the Denver area.

Requirements: To provide students with a safe home, meals and transportation for 5-10 months. All family types are considered. Must fill out onlilne application and pass background check.

Contact: Adrienne Bivens, 720-467-6430 or abivens@ayusa.org. Go to www.ayusa.org.

Castle Rock Senior Activity Center Provides services to local seniors Need: Volunteer drivers to take seniors to appointments, the grocery store, pharmacies and more.

Contact: Juli Asbridge, 720-733-2292 Children’s Hospital Colorado South Campus, Highlands Ranch Contact: 720-777-6887 Colorado Humane Society Handles animal abuse and neglect cases Need: Volunteers to care for pregnant cats, dogs and their litters, as well as homes for cats and dogs that require socializing or that are recovering from surgery or injuries.

Contact: Teresa Broaddus, 303-961-3925 Colorado Refugee English as a Second Language Program Teaches English to recently arrived refugees, who have fled war or persecution in their home country. In Colorado, refugees are from Afghanistan, Burma, Bhutan, Somalia, Iraq, Eritrea and D.R. Congo, among others.

Need: Volunteers to teach English. Tutoring takes place in the student’s home. Refugees live throughout Denver, but the largest concentrations are in Thornton, near 88th Avenue and Washington Street, and in east Denver/ Aurora, near Colfax Avenue and Yosemite Street.

Other details: Tutors do not need to speak the student’s language. Most participants are homebound women and small children, adults who are disabled, and senior citizens.

Many are not literate in their first language, and remain isolated from American culture.

Requirements: Volunteers must attend training at Emily Griffith Technical College in downtown Denver. Sessions take place every 6-8 weeks. Go to www.refugee-esl.org for information and volunteer application.

Contact: Sharon McCreary, 720-423-4843 or sharon.mccreary@emilygriffith.edu.

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Please join us in congratulation James.

We’re proud to have his experience, leadership and knowledge of the mortgage industry.

James Marchino, Mortgage Banker T: 303-683-9264 C: 720-301-4317 james.marchino@chase.com http://homeloan.chase.com/james. marchino NMLS ID: 933276

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Services Health & Fitness

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Electricians

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Interior & Exterior Painting.

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Window & Tile Installation.

Plumbing. Home Repairs.

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Plumbing

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the first Thursday of each month at the Rio Grande Restaurant, 9535 Park Meadows Drive. Go to LPDG. org. The group also has a very active Facebook page. In addition, we are also recognized by the State Libertarian party. Contact Wayne Harlos at 303-229-3435.

at 7 p.m. the third Thursday of every month for topical speakers and lively discussion at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 S. Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Visit www. douglasdemocrats.org for more information.

Political Douglas County Democrats executive committee meets at 7 p.m. the second Monday of every month at various sites. Contact Mike Jones at 720-509-9048 or email info@ DouglasDemocrats.org. Socialdiscussion meetings take place in Highlands Ranch, Castle Rock, Parker, Lone Tree and Roxborough. Visit douglasdemocrats.org and click on calendar for more information.

Douglas County Republican Women meets at 11 a.m. the third Wednesday each month at the Lone Tree Golf and Hotel. Call Marsha Haeflein at 303-841-4318 or visit www.dcgop.org or www. dcrw.org.

Libertarian Party of Douglas County: 6 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at On the Rox Sports Bar, 11957 Lioness Way, Parker. Topics include items of general libertarian interest and organization for local activism to make a difference in our political landscape. All welcomed.

Douglas County Libertarian Development Group meets at 6 p.m.

Highlands Ranch, Roxborough, and Lone Tree Democrats meet

Lone Tree Democrats meet for First Friday Happy Hour the first Friday

Pumpkin Festival for Families!

Oct. 7 & 8, 14 & 15, 21 & 22 10 AM - 3 PM

TagawaGardens.com>>Calendar for ticket prices and each day’s events!

Family-friendly activities vary each weekend & include pony rides (Oct. 7,8), petting zoo (Oct. 14,15,21,22), The Bat Cave, Wild on Water Bubbles, mini-train (Saturdays), historical hayride (Sundays), balloon artist, airbrush tatoos & more! FREE stage shows include HawkQuest, Live Spiders and Snakes, Kids Grape-stomping, ‘Castaways’ Rescued Pet Tricks, Colorado History storyteller & more!

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of every month at Los Arcos. Call Gordon at 303-790-8264.

Parker Democrats meets at 7 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month for discussion of timely topics, led by knowledgeable speakers, at the South Metro Fire Station 45, 16801 Northgate Drive, Parker. Visit www.douglasdemocrats.org for information.

Professional BNI Connections of Lone Tree (www.thebniconnections.com) invites business owners to attend its meeting held each Tuesday, 7:15-9 a.m. at the Lone Tree Recreation Center, 10249 Ridgegate Circle.

Woodcarving Show

LOCATED AT: The Hilton Garden Inn at Denver/Highlands Ranch 1050 Plaza Drive, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 SHOW TIMES: Saturday, 14th – 10 am to 5 pm Sunday, 15th – 10 am to 4 pm

Abraham Spilsbury Owner/Operator

• Pruning • Removals • Shrub Maintenance • FreeEstimates Certified Arborist,Insured, Littleton Resident 720.283.8226 • C:720.979.3888 aspilsbury@msn.com

Old Pro Window Cleaning Residential Specialist Over 30 years experience Quality Work

Bob Bonnet 720-530-7580

SPECIAL EVENTS: Carving Competition: 2:00 both days Featured Carver: 10:30 – 11.:30 both days

For more information about the Colorado Carvers Club go to:

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ABE’S TREE & SHRUB CARE

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: $5.00 Admission FREE for Children 12 & under

Come and start your Christmas Shopping early with unique gift items for yourself and others. $1.00 discount with this original ad (no photo copies)

Have a Hail Damaged Roof?

Window Services

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Roofing/Gutters

Tree Service

The League of Women Voters of Arapahoe County has two meetings per month. No unit meetings are in June through August, but the two unit meetings per month will begin again in September on second Monday evenings and second Thursday mornings. Call 303-7982939. The group is open to residents of Douglas County.

43rd Annual

Services - Call Dave Vaughn 720-427-7422 - davegoldenspikeroofing@gmail.com

There is no charge to attend a meeting as a guest. Please visit www.thebniconnections.com or contact Jack Rafferty, 303-4142363 or jrafferty@hmbrown.com.

To advertise your business here, contact Karen at 303-566-4091

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Lone Tree Networking Professionals is a networking/leads group that meets Tuesdays at 11:30 a.m. at Rio Grande Restaurant in Lone Tree. Exclusive business categories are open. Visitors and new members are welcome. Contact Don Shenk at 303-746-0093.

Professional Referral Network meets at 7:15 a.m. Tuesdays at Great Beginnings, east of I-25 at Lincoln Avenue. Call Ronald Conley at 303-841-1860 or e-mail www. professionalreferralnetwork.org.

Recreation Camping Singles is a group of Colorado single adults who enjoy camping, fishing, hiking, swimming, biking, sightseeing, photography, the camaraderie of others, and starry nights around the camp fire. We usually camp in designated forest service or state park campgrounds within 2 to 5 hours of Denver. We welcome all single adults. Our membership ranges from the 40s to 60-plus. We usually meet at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month. For specific meeting information, contact campingsingles@gmail.com

Front Range Woodturners Club meets from 6-9 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month in the basement of the Rockler Woodworking store at 2553 S Colorado Blvd. Anyone interested in woodturning is welcome. Contact Jim Proud at cavaleon1956@gmail.com for more information.

Learn to Fly Fish: 9-11 a.m. Saturdays at Orvis Park Meadows, 8433 Park Meadows Center Drive, Unit 149, Lone Tree. The free Fly Fishing 101 course teaches the basics including fly casting, outfit rigging, and knot tying. After completing FF101, sign up for the free FF201 class at a local stocked pond and practice hooking, playing and landing fish. For information or to sign up, call 303-768-9600 or go to www. orvis.com/s/park-meadows-coloradoorvis-retail-store/620.

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Permanent and temporary positions available across Colorado. Pay ranges from $16.52-$20.01/hr, depending on location. Performs roadway maintenance and heavy equipment operation. Class A or B CDL and 2 years heavy labor and equip operation experience is required. Our employees are skilled leaders at all levels of the organization, making a direct impact on public safety in all communities they serve. EOE PUBLIC NOTICE

Apply: www.colorado.gov/dhr/jobs

NOTICE OF ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2017 DOUGLAS COUNTY MERLIN KLOTZ, CLERK AND RECORDER

Weekly Carrier Routes Available

In compliance with the provisions of Colorado Revised Statute 1-5-205(1) notice is hereby given that a Coordinated Election will be held on Tuesday, the 7th day of November 2017, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Highlands Ranch & Centennial

Ballots will be mailed to all active eligible electors beginning the week of October 16th. Voters who do not receive a ballot by October 23, 2017 may request a ballot from the Clerk and Recorder’s Elections Office, located at 125 Stephanie Place, Castle Rock,hours CO 80109, or by calling • Part-time 303-660-7444.

Lone Tree Ladies 9-Hole Golf. Applications are now being accepted for the 2015 Thursday morning 9-hole golf group. The group is open to women golfers ages 18 and older. Applications and more informaiton are available in the Lone Tree Pro Shop or visit http://LTL9Hole.ghinclub. com Contact Nancy Cushing, league president, at 720-560-9333 or email LTL9hole@gmail.com.

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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2017 DOUGLAS COUNTY MERLIN KLOTZ, CLERK AND RECORDER In compliance with the provisions of Colorado Revised Statute 1-5-205(1) notice is hereby given that a Coordinated Election will be held on Tuesday, the 7th day of November 2017, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Ballots will be mailed to all active eligible electors beginning the week of October 16th. Voters who do not receive a ballot by October 23, 2017 may request a ballot from the Clerk and Recorder’s Elections Office, located at 125 Stephanie Place, Castle Rock, CO 80109, or by calling 303-660-7444.

Completed ballots may be returned by U.S. Mail or “hand delivered” to a Douglas County • No suit & tie required!

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Voters andofmail with your contribution 125 Stephanie Place, Castle Rock who do not receive a ballot by October 23, 2017 Roxborough Library Highlands Ranch Motor Vehicle may request aLone ballotTree from Voice the Clerk and RecordRange Rd., Ste 200 Contribution Carrier Tip 8357 N. Rampart Amount Enclosed 2223 W. Wildcat Reserve Parkway, er’s Elections Office, located at 125 Stephanie Littleton Ridgeline Blvd., 210 Highlands Ranch Place, Castle9137 Rock, CO 80109, or bySte. calling 303-660-7444.

This location is available during Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 Highlands Ranch Sheriff’s Substation 9250 Zotos Drive, Highlands Ranch Roxborough Library’s regular business Townbreaking of Larkspur Completed ballots may be returned by U.S. Mail hours beginning Monday, October 16, 2017 Please check this box to receive news, newsletters, exclusive offers and special events via email.

8720 Spruce Mountain Road, Larkspur or “hand delivered” to a Douglas County and from 7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. on Election Lone Tree Motor Vehicle, BALLOT DROP-OFF LOCATION. If you Day, Tuesday, November 7, 2017 Park Meadows Center choose to return a completed ballot by mail, you 9350 Heritage Hills Circle, Lone Tree must affix adequate postage to the OFFICIAL VOTER SERVICE AND POLLING CENTER Parker Police Department BALLOT RETURN ENVELOPE before mailing.

LOCATIONS AND HOURS: 18600 Lincoln Meadows Parkway, Parker Ballots must be received by the Douglas County Parker Town Hall In addition to being a ballot drop-off site, the Elections Office no later than 7:00 p.m. on 20120 E. Mainstreet, Parker following locations will be able to assist with all November 7, 2017 regardless of when it was your election needs, including: postmarked.

These locations are available 24-hours a day beginning Monday, October 16, 2017 until • Registering to vote 24-HOUR BALLOT DROP-OFF LOCATIONS: 7:00 p.m. Election Day, Tuesday, November • Replacing a ballot 7, 2017 • Voting in person Castle Pines Library 360 Village Square Lane, Castle Pines REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS BALLOT Douglas County Elections Town of Castle Rock DROP-OFF LOCATION: 125 Stephanie Place, Castle Rock 100 N. Wilcox Street, Castle Rock Highlands Ranch Sheriff’s Substation Douglas County Elections Roxborough Library 9250 Zotos Drive, Highlands Ranch 125 Stephanie Place, Castle Rock To advertise yourLone public notices call 303-566-4100 8357 N. Rampart Range Rd., Ste 200 Tree Motor Vehicle, Highlands Ranch Motor Vehicle Littleton Park Meadows Center (lower level) 2223 W. Wildcat Reserve Parkway, 9350 Heritage Hills Circle, Lone Tree Highlands Ranch This location is available during Parker Town Hall Highlands Ranch Sheriff’s Substation Roxborough Library’s regular business 9250 Zotos Drive, Highlands Ranch 20120 E. Mainstreet, Parker hours beginning Monday, October 16, 2017 Town of Larkspur and from 7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. on Election 8720 Spruce Mountain Road, Larkspur • Monday – Friday, October 30 – November 6, Day, Tuesday, November 7, 2017 Lone Tree Motor Vehicle, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Park Meadows Center • Saturday, November 4, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

VOTER SERVICE AND POLLING CENTER 9350 Heritage Hills Circle, Lone Tree • Election Day, Tuesday, November 7, LOCATIONS AND HOURS: Parker Police Department 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

18600 Lincoln Meadows Parkway, Parker In addition to being a ballot drop-off site, the Parker Town Hall Please contact the Douglas County Elections following locations will be able to assist with all 20120 E. Mainstreet, Parker Office at 303-660-7444 if you have any quesyour election needs, including: tions regarding mail ballot voting or visit These locations are available 24-hours a day DouglasVotes.com where many questions can • Registering to vote beginning Monday, October 16, 2017 until be answered.

• Replacing a ballot 7:00 p.m. Election Day, Tuesday, November • Voting in person 7, 2017 All voters MAY NOT be eligible to vote on every issue in this election. Voters will be Douglas County Elections MAILED a ballot that contains only those REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS BALLOT 125 Stephanie Place, Castle Rock candidate(s) and/or issue(s) on which the DROP-OFF LOCATION: Highlands Ranch Sheriff’s Substation voter is eligible to vote.

9250 Zotos Drive, Highlands Ranch Roxborough Library Lone Tree Motor Vehicle, Sample ballots may be viewed online at 8357 N. Rampart Range Rd., Ste 200 Park Meadows Center (lower level) DouglasVotes.com Littleton 9350 Heritage Hills Circle, Lone Tree Parker Town Hall Legal Notice No.: 931535 This location is available during 20120 E. Mainstreet, Parker First Publication: October 5, 2017 Roxborough Library’s regular business Last Publication: October 5, 2017 hours beginning Monday, October 16, 2017 • Monday – Friday, October 30 – November 6, Publisher: Douglas County News-Press and from 7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. on Election 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Day, Tuesday, November 7, 2017 • Saturday, November 4, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

• Election Day, Tuesday, November 7, VOTER SERVICE AND POLLING CENTER 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

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City and County PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2017 DOUGLAS COUNTY MERLIN KLOTZ, CLERK AND RECORDER

In compliance with the provisions of Colorado Revised Statute 1-5-205(1) notice is hereby given that a Coordinated Election will be held on Tuesday, the 7th day of November 2017, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Ballots will be mailed to all active eligible electors beginning the week of October 16th. Voters who do not receive a ballot by October 23, 2017 may request a ballot from the Clerk and Recorder’s Elections Office, located at 125 Stephanie Place, Castle Rock, CO 80109, or by calling 303-660-7444.

Completed ballots may be returned by U.S. Mail or “hand delivered” to a Douglas County BALLOT DROP-OFF LOCATION. If you choose to return a completed ballot by mail, you must affix adequate postage to the OFFICIAL BALLOT RETURN ENVELOPE before mailing.

Ballots must be received by the Douglas County

Ballots will be mailed to all active eligible electors beginning the week of October 16th. Voters who do not receive a ballot by October 23, 2017 may request a ballot from the Clerk and Recorder’s Elections Office, located at 125 Stephanie Place, Castle Rock, CO 80109, or by calling 303-660-7444.

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Completed ballots may be returned by U.S. Mail or “hand delivered” to a Douglas County BALLOT DROP-OFF LOCATION. If you choose to return a completed ballot by mail, you must affix adequate postage to the OFFICIAL BALLOT RETURN ENVELOPE before mailing.

Ballots must be received by the Douglas County Elections Office no later than 7:00 p.m. on November 7, 2017 regardless of when it was postmarked.

24-HOUR BALLOT DROP-OFF LOCATIONS: Castle Pines Library 360 Village Square Lane, Castle Pines Town of Castle Rock 100 N. Wilcox Street, Castle Rock Douglas County Elections 125 Stephanie Place, Castle Rock Highlands Ranch Motor Vehicle 2223 W. Wildcat Reserve Parkway, Highlands Ranch Highlands Ranch Sheriff’s Substation 9250 Zotos Drive, Highlands Ranch Town of Larkspur 8720 Spruce Mountain Road, Larkspur Lone Tree Motor Vehicle, Park Meadows Center 9350 Heritage Hills Circle, Lone Tree Parker Police Department 18600 Lincoln Meadows Parkway, Parker

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